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KARTAR SINGH JHABBAR
(Freedom
Fighter)
A
popular hero of the Akali movement of 1921-25, he was born in
1874 at village Jhabian, District Sheikhupura, now in
Pakistan. His father, Teja Singh, was a well-to-do Virk Jat
agriculturist.
The
great national stir aroused in 1919 over the agitation against
Rowlatt Bills and the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy turned him a
nationalist. He actively participated in the demonstrations
against the Black Bills and delivered a series of lectures
against the atrocities perpetrated by the Government.
Consequently, he was arrested and after a mock trial was
sentenced to death. But fortunately, the death sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment. He was taken to the Andaman
Islands for incarceration. Once again fortune smiled upon him
and he was released in 1920 as the result of a Royal
clemency.
In
1925 he was arrested for the third time for anti-Government
speeches. This time he was subjected to sever tortures with
the result that his health suffered a great setback. He
remained in jail till December
1928.
He
died on 20th November, 1962 at Habri in District Karnal.
Source: chakdephate.com
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