jatindra nath das died as political prisoner in lahore prison.
jatindra nath das died as political prisoner in lahore prison.
who died as political prisoner in lahore prison?
jatindra nath das
the government was beginning to make concessions but refused to move on the core issue of recognising the classification of "political prisoner". in the eyes of officials, if someone broke the law then that was a personal act, not a political one, and they were common criminals. by now, the condition of another hunger striker, jatindra nath das, lodged in the same jail, had deteriorated considerably. the jail committee recommended his unconditional release, but the government rejected the suggestion and offered to release him on bail. on 13 september 1929, das died after a 63-day hunger strike. almost all the nationalist leaders in the country paid tribute to das' death. mohammad alam and gopi chand bhargava resigned from the punjab legislative council in protest, and nehru moved a successful adjournment motion in the central assembly as a censure against the "inhumane treatment" of the lahore prisoners. singh finally heeded a resolution of the congress party, and a request by his father, ending his hunger strike on 5 october 1929 after 116 days. during this period, singh's popularity among common indians extended beyond punjab.
bhagat singh
lahore prison was a place to detain revolutionary freedom fighters. noted freedom fighter jatin das died in lahore prison after fasting for 63 days in protest of british treatment of political prisoners. one of the martyrs in the struggle for indian independence, shaheed sardar bhagat singh, was hanged in lahore jail.
history of lahore