Udham Singh’s revolver that avenged Jallianwala Bagh Massacre may never return to India
New Delhi: Freedom fighter Udham Singh's pistol, which was utilized to retaliate for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919, may stay away for the indefinite future to India.
As per a Times of India report, Udham Singh's pistol is still in the care of Metropolitan Police, UK.
The United Kingdom had declined to restore the effects of the saint to Punjab government.
In a report sent in 2004, the UK Govt asserted that Singh's journals, shoemaker blade, pistol and ammo were a piece of confirmation so it can't be come back to India.
This was uncovered in a RTI answer by the Union Ministry of External Affairs in September 2016.
The 77th demise commemoration of Udham Singh is being seen on Monday.
Answering to the RTI extremist Jatinder Jain on September 26, 2016, the Europe west division of the MEA said a correspondence from the Government of UK had made it clear that Udham Singh's effects were in the ownership of Metropolitan Police, London.
On March 13, 1940, Udham Singh had murdered Michael O' Dwyer - amid whose residency as the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab the Jallianawala Bagh Massacre occurred - with the said pistol at Caxton Hall, London.
He was held tight July 31, 1940, at Pentonville jail for the death.
Consistently on Udham Singh's demise commemoration, experts make guarantees to get back the effects of Udham Singh from the UK.
Udham Singh was conceived in Sunam town, Punjab, on December 26, 1899.
Curiously, progressive Bhagat Singh's gun has achieved Hussainiwala fringe historical center in Ferozepur.