He avenged Jallianwala. Then why did India forget him for 3 decades?

Rajesh Sharma & Jairaj SinghTIMESOFINDIA.COM

Jul 29, 2025 | 19:21 IST

Was it because India then was keen to have friendly relations with London? Or was it because he did not fit into Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent freedom struggle?

The year was 1940. Inside Caxton Hall, an Edwardian building just off Westminster in London, an Indian man “dressed smartly in a Trilby hat”, waited for a public meeting to end.

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He avenged Jallianwala. Then why did India forget him for 3 decades?

Was it because India then was keen to have friendly relations with London? Or was it because he did not fit into Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent freedom struggle?

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He avenged Jallianwala. Then why did India forget him for 3 decades?

Was it because India then was keen to have friendly relations with London? Or was it because he did not fit into Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent freedom struggle?

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