MUMBAI: Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, who starred in the 2021 biographical historical drama “Sardar Udham”, has remembered the Indian revolutionary Sardar Udham Singh on Martyrdom Day.
The 31st of July, marks the Martyrdom Day of revolutionary freedom fighter Shaheed Udham Singh, known for taking revenge for the tragic Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place in 1919.
Vicky took to his Instagram stories, where he shared a picture of Udham Singh and wrote: “Remembering Shaheed Sardar Udham Singh Ji.”
Talking about Udham Singh, 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 Udham Singh himself was a survivor.
Udham Singh didn't resist arrest and used his trial to speak out against British rule. He was found guilty and hanged on July 31, 1940, in a London prison. In 1974, his remains were brought back to India and honoured at Jallianwala Bagh.
Talking about the film, “Sardar Udham” was based on the life of Udham Singh. The film starred Vicky Kaushal in the title role, along with Shaun Scott, Stephen Hogan, Amol Parashar, Banita Sandhu and Kirsty Averton.