I'm actually astonished I'd never learned this before.

  • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Damn. I learned about Jallianwala Bagh massacre in high school (in India) but never learned about this

    In 1974, Singh's remains were exhumed and repatriated to India at the request of MLA Sadhu Singh Thind. Thind accompanied the remains back to India, where the casket was received by Indira Gandhi, Shankar Dayal Sharma and Zail Singh. Udham Singh was later cremated in his birthplace of Sunam in Punjab and his ashes were scattered in the Sutlej river. Some of his ashes were retained; these retained ashes are kept inside a sealed urn at Jallianwala Bagh.

    Awesome

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm curious, do you have any guesses as to why you weren't taught about him?

      • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I don't think it was intentionally omitted. In 10th grade we learned about the entire Indian Independence movement, from 1857 to 1947. Lots of material to cover