Ram prasad bismil

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By India Today Web Desk: Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil was a freedom fighter who played an active role in India’s freedom struggle. In memory of his contribution towards India’s independence, June 11 is celebrated as his birth anniversary. He was a revolutionary personality and an inspiration to the youngsters of the country. He wrote motivational poems and pamphlets for young people. He used to sell his books to buy weapons needed for the revolution. History: Pandit Bismil was born to a Brahmin family in 1897 in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Muralidhar and Moolrani. His father, Muralidhar, was working in Shahjahanpur Municipality. They had very limited earnings and their family struggled a lot to make ends meet. He joined Arya Samaj despite his father's disapproval. He was known for being a part of the Manipuri conspiracy in 1918 and the Kakori incident in 1925. The Kakori incident was one of the important events of Jung-e-Azadi. He also had a command of Urdu and the Hindi language, which made him a prominent revolutionary. He was also a multilingual translator and his famous poem Manipuri’s Pratigya became very famous. Death: Since he was involved in the revolutionary movements during British rule in India. He then started a revolutionary group named the Hindu Republican Association. The association was based on equal rights and an end to discrimination. After being betrayed by his fellow activists, he was sentenced to death in the Kakori case. Later, at a very ...

December 18, 1927- Gorakhpur Central Jail. A middle-aged woman was waiting to see her son. Her husband and another young man too joined her. Her son was brought out in chains, and when he saw his mother, tears rolled down his eyes. It was his last day, tomorrow he would be hanged to death. As the mother saw the tears, she said, “What is this, my son? I had thought of my son as a great hero. I was thinking that the British Government would shiver at the very mention of his name. I never thought that my son would be afraid of death.” To which her son replied “Mother these are not tears of fear, these are the tears of joy, of beholding such a brave mother like you”. The son was Ram Prasad Bismil, the mastermind behind the Kakori Rail Dacoity case, the man who popularized these immortal lines.: “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, dekhna ki zor kitna baazu-e-qatil mein hai” ( The desire for revolution is in our hearts, we shall see how much strength lies in the arms of the murderer”). There is a general perception that he wrote it, but was actually written by Bismil Azimbadi and popularized by him. Ram Prasad Bismil was born in Shajahanpur in 1887. His ancestors hailed from Gwalior, and his native village was close to the Chambal valley. His father was a clerk in the municipality, and later started a small business lending out money on interest. He taught Ram Prasad Hindi, and later sent him to a Moulvi to learn Urdu too. By 14 years of age, Ram Prasad was fluent in ...

A day before his death, revolutionary and freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil wrote a letter to his friend. Along with it, he also penned a poem saying if he had to die in the service of the nation, he would gladly do it a thousand times. The next day, 19 December 1927, the 30-year-old Bismil was hanged at Gorakhpur Jail. A man of many talents, his words have travelled from generation to generation, across states, languages, and beyond. His language of agitation against colonialism was poetry and he sought nothing but freedom for his beloved country till the last breath. He was born on 11 June 1897 in a non-descript village in Shahjahanpur to Mulridhar and Moolmati in Uttar Pradesh. Bismil’s love for poetry began at an early age when he joined the Arya Samaj. He began penning patriotic verses in Hindi and Urdu under several pen names like Agyat, Ram, and Bismil. A patriot from a young age, it was the Mera Janm’. Also Read: Patriot to revolutionary From the time Bismil started to read and write, he discovered his first love—his motherland. After the death sentence of Bhai Parmanand (which was later commuted), he joined a revolutionary group headed by Pandit Genda Lal Dixit at the age of 19. Along with Dixit, Bismil began to mobilise youth from areas like Etawah, Mainpuri, Agra, and Shahjahanpur for organisations like ‘ Matrivedi’ and ‘ Shivaji Samiti’. Along the way, he began looting government treasuries to fund these organisations, in an almost Robin Hood-es...

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important : Prelims level : Ram Prasad Bismil, Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918 Mains level : Not Much Central Idea: This article revolves around the life, contributions, and legacy of Ram Prasad Bismil, a revolutionary figure in India’s freedom struggle against British colonial rule. Ram Prasad Bismil • Birth: Ram Prasad Bismil was born on June 11, 1897, in Shahjahanpur district, UP. • Revolutionary activities: He actively fought against British Raj and participated in notable events like the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918 and the Kakori Train Action of 1925. • Founding of Hindustan Republican Association: Bismil established the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA, later known as the Hindustan Socialist RA) and played a pivotal role in the organization. • Sacrifice and execution: Bismil was hanged for his revolutionary activities on December 19, 1927, at the age of 30. Early life and Arya Samaj connections • Upbringing and linguistic influences: Bismil was born into a Rajput Tomar family and learned Hindi from his father, Urdu from a nearby maulvi, and also studied in an English medium school in Shahjahanpur. • Association with Arya Samaj: Bismil joined the Arya Samaj during his childhood, becoming a prolific writer and poet. He used pen names such as ‘Agyat’, ‘Ram’, and the well-known ‘Bismil’. • Poem “Mera Janm”: At the age of 18, Bismil wrote the poem “Mera Janm” expressing his anger over the death sentence of Arya Samaj missio...