Nation remembers Shaheed Udham Singh on his 126th birth anniversary.

Key facts

• Shaheed Udham Singh was born in 1899 in a village of Punjab in undivided India.
• He avenged the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by assassinating Michael O’Dwyer, the then Lieutenant Governor of Punjab.
• While in British custody he used the name ‘Ram Mohammad Singh Azad’ to represent the three major religions of India and his anti-colonial stance.
• He was an active member of the Ghadar Party and Hindustan Socialist Republic Association (HSRA).