I’m actually astonished I’d never learned this before.
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My family is Sikh, and this warms my heart: comrade Udam fights against the stereotype of Punjabi cops/landlords/chuds. 🙏🏽
If it makes you feel better, that’s not my stereotype of Sikhs. I tend to think of them as pretty cool folks, who feed the needy. But there’s few Sikhs near me (rural Midwest), my main exposure has been hearing of their temples feeding lots of people.
Thanks! The Sikh religion is pretty cool as far as they go and I have a soft spot for the North American diaspora. Strange that Sikh Sardars tend to be Chuds within the context of India’s modern class system. Not to mention they policed Britain’s east asia colonies.
Damn. I learned about Jallianwala Bagh massacre in high school (in India) but never learned about this
In 1974, Singh’s remains were exhumed and repatriated to India at the request of MLA Sadhu Singh Thind. Thind accompanied the remains back to India, where the casket was received by Indira Gandhi, Shankar Dayal Sharma and Zail Singh. Udham Singh was later cremated in his birthplace of Sunam in Punjab and his ashes were scattered in the Sutlej river. Some of his ashes were retained; these retained ashes are kept inside a sealed urn at Jallianwala Bagh.
Awesome
I’m curious, do you have any guesses as to why you weren’t taught about him?
I don’t think it was intentionally omitted. In 10th grade we learned about the entire Indian Independence movement, from 1857 to 1947. Lots of material to cover
This is the coolest thing I’ve read in months
