Ravneet Singh Bittu.
Ludhiana, May 11, 2015: Member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu in Lok Sabha today drew the attention of the House towards the contribution of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha in the Nations Freedom Struggle.
Ravneet Singh Bittu said while fighting for country’s independence Kartar Singh Sarabha attained Martyrdom at the young age of 19 years. His supreme sacrifice lit the fire of revolution and inspired Shaheed Bhagat Singh as well as hundreds others in Punjab to fight and lay down their lives to free our motherland from foreign rule, he said.
Throwing light on the life of the Martyr, Bittu said Kartar Singh Sarabha was born in 1896 in village Sarabha which falls in my Ludhiana Lok Sabha Constituency. He said, Kartar Singh Sarabha left his studies mid-way and started the publication of revolutionary newspaper of the Gadar Party and through his poems and articles inspired the people to rise for the country’s freedom. The dream to free our motherland from the clutches of foreign rule brought Kartar Singh Sarabha back to India. Alongwith his comrades he started meeting the army personnel in the cantonments and exhorted them to take up arms against the foreign rule.
Bittu said the worried British Government then arrested Kartar Singh Sarabha alongwith his friends and initiated cases against them. On 13th September, 1915, the court handed out its verdict of death penalty. On 16th November, 1915 he was hanged in Lahore Jail, he said.
Referring to the rare bravery of Kartar Singh Sarabha, Bittu urged the Union Government to commemorate his forthcoming 100th Martyrdom Day in a befitting manner by releasing a Postal Stamp, a Coin, a Bravery award in his name and organize suitable programmes to inspire today’s youth.