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It is my prayer to God that I should be reborn from my own mother and die for this holy cause – Hutatma Madanlal Dhingra
Madan Lal Dhingra, freedom fighter
(18 September 1883: 17 August 1909)
On August 17, 1909, Madanlal Dhingra, a fiery revolutionary of India’s freedom struggle, was hanged to death for the murder of 61-year-old British officer Sir William Hutt Curzon Wylie, the political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India. These martyrs could not even be cremated on the soil of the country, but their memory is still indelible in the hearts of patriots.
Madanlal Dhingra is believed to have been born on September 18, 1883 in Amritsar. His father Raisaheb Dr Dittamal was a civil surgeon in the British government. The prestigious and affluent family was counted among the upper class of the time in terms of wealth and education. Her father was an Englishman and her mother was a vegetarian. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find his name anywhere. When Madan Lal, the son of a British confidant, was expelled from school in Lahore for having links with Indian freedom fighters, his father broke with Madan Lal. It is read that in those days Madanlal carried on the occupations of clerk, labourer, and tonga-driver. After leaving Punjab, he worked in Mumbai for a few days. With the advice and financial support of his elder brother Biharilal Dhingra (the then Prime Minister of the princely state of Jind), he went to England in 1906 for higher studies in mechanical engineering at the University College, London.
In London, he came in contact with other patriots, including Vinayak Damodar “Veer” Savarkar, and also received training in handling weapons. He became a member of the Indian students’ organisations Abhinav Bharat Mandal and India House. When the news of the hanging of many patriots, including a teenager like Khudiram Bose, from India reached Britain, the hearts of Indian students were filled with indignation at British cruelty. Madanlal Dhingra also made a plan to take revenge.
On 1 July 1909, Madanlal Dhingra attended the annual function organised by the Indian National Association and the Institute of Imperial Studies at the Jehangir Hall in London. British officer Sir Wyllie, the chief guest at the function, was notorious for his anti-India attitude. Madanlal fired at him with his revolver. Wali died on the spot. A Parsi doctor, Cowasji Lal Kaka, also died while trying to save her. It is said that after shooting Wylie, Madanlal even tried to commit suicide but was caught. The trial took place at the Old Bailey court in London. Madanlal Dhingra refused to have a lawyer represent him, denying the legitimacy of a British court over an Indian citizen. He was sentenced to death in a one-sided trial on July 23, which was completed by hanging in the Pattonville prison on August 17, 1909. It is said that Madanlal thanked the British judge for the death sentence and said that he wanted to die for a better tomorrow for his countrymen.
Martyr Madanlal Dhingra, who considered Mangal Pandey as his ideal, was considered by revolutionaries like Udham Singh, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, and Kartar Singh Sarabha as his ideal. Countless patriots sacrificed their all in the hope of our golden day. Today, we can only pay tribute and respect to him, but it is also true that with his inspiration, we can make India and the world better than today for the coming generations.
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