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Udham Singh

1899 - 1940

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Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was done in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919, for which O'Dwyer was responsible and of which Singh himself was a survivor. Singh was subsequently tried and convicted of murder and hanged in July 1940. While in custody, he used the name Ram Mohammad Singh Azad, which represents the three major religions in India and his anti-colonial sentiment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Udham Singh is the 275th most popular social activist (up from 370th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from India (up from 429th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Udham Singh ranks 275 out of 840. Before him are Christa Schroeder, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Guillaume Cale, Unity Mitford, Diana Budisavljević, and Carlo Cafiero. After him are David Frankfurter, Eglantyne Jebb, Wat Tyler, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Itagaki Taisuke, and Serge Klarsfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Udham Singh ranks 116. Before him are Yaakov Dori, Wolf Messing, Benjamin Péret, Lovro von Matačić, Peter Wessel Zapffe, and Marcel Dalio. After him are Noël Coward, Oscar Zariski, Norman Taurog, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Café Filho, and Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski. Among people deceased in 1940, Udham Singh ranks 79. Before him are Thomas Heath, Olga Boznańska, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Lewis Hine, José Félix Estigarribia, and Alfred Fowler. After him are K. B. Hedgewar, Madeleine Astor, Cai Yuanpei, Arthur Rostron, Édouard Branly, and Yevhen Petrushevych.

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In India

Among people born in India, Udham Singh ranks 330 out of 1,861. Before him are Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Vikram (1966), Vidya Balan (1979), and Malaika Arora (1973). After him are Tilopa (928), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Pulakeshin II (610), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), and Velu Nachiyar (1730).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Udham Singh ranks 16. Before him are Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), Mangal Pandey (1827), Kittur Chennamma (1778), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Vandana Shiva (1952), and C. Rajagopalachari (1878). After him are Aruna Shanbaug case (1948), Rattanbai Jinnah (1900), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Anna Hazare (1937), Khudiram Bose (1889), and M. N. Roy (1887).

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