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Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh And Kehar Singh Ji


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Never Forget those who Lived and Died for you

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

The Last Meeting

Bhai Satwant Singh Ji's lawyer, Sardar Bhupinder Singh Sodhi was the last to meet Satwant Singh in Tihar jail. Sodhi said, "Beloved Satwant, I am so sorry I was unable to save you from the death sentence. Now this is the last time we will ever meet," the lawyer said as he became emotional.

Sardar Satwant Singh replied, "Vakeel Sahib, you should be making me strong. We will meet again. Promise me you will fight my case next time as well!"

Bhupinder Singh Sodhi replied, "Pyarey Satwant, I do not understand what you are saying? All your appeals have failed. Tomorrow morning, 6th January, at 6am, both you and Kehar Singh will be hanged."

Satwant Singh replied, "Vakeel sahib, whenever Waheguru gives me a human life, I will once again destroy the enemies of the Sikh Nation like Indira Gandhi. The again you will come and fight my case. Those who believe in truth and human rights will always have to fight these brutal regimes. I will keep taking births! I will keep killing dushts! You will keep meeting me!"

Seeing Satwant Singh in such Chardikala, lawyer Bhupinder Singh Sodhi said, "Pyare Satwant, great are you, great is your Sikhi, so blessed am I, who was able to fight the case of a Lionheart, brave warrior such as you. Waheguru ji has blessed me just to have the darshan of you. Any nation that has warriors like you, Satwant Singh, brave, 'mard' [a man], 'soormais' [brave man]. That nation can never be controlled, intimidated or suppressed."

6th January 1989

On 6th January 1989, it was raining. Nature was giving Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh a blessing, like one gives a garland around a neck. The thoughts of the whole Sikh Nation were with Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh. They had taken this most important task, and with it all this heartache had come on them and their families. Both were in Chardikala as they walked towards the noose. It was like the blessings of the whole Sikh Nation were with them as they walked.

In the end, on 6th January 1989, early at 4am, as the authorities walked them towards the noose, their voices could be heard from outside the jail, shouting, "Bole So Nihal ! Sat Siri Akal !"

Mammu

The dusht who served as hangman that day was a man by the name of Mammu. He has recently had an article written about him in the Los Angeles Times. Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh marched to the gallows shouting Jaikaaraas. When Mammu was about to put the rope around Bhai Kehar Singh's neck, Bhai Kehar Singh looked at him and said "here, let me do it, you're doing it all wrong and may break some kesh from my beard". He then had the noose placed underneath his beard. This was the bravery with which he met his death. Prisoners in even distant barracks of the jail heard the jaikaaraa Bhai Kehar Singh shouted before the lever for the hanging was pulled.

Shaheedi

As both of them stepped forward and kissed the hangmans noose, a very heavy rainfall started.

Just as the British had done with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Their bodies were taken to Ferozpur, and cremated on the banks of the Sutluj river. Similarly, the Indian Government did not hand over the bodies of Shaheed Satwant Singh and Shaheed Kehar Singh to their next of kin. Their bodies were cremated within Tihar jail. When the cruel authorities started cremating the bodies, the rain suddenly stopped. Nature was doing its bit to respect the Shaheeds. As the bodies burned, the authorities did not have the heart to hand them back to the families. The lawyer, Sardar Bhupinder Singh Sodhi said to the authorities, I can understand you have hatred for those spirits who killed Indira Gandhi, but how can you even have hatred for their corpses?

Then to further insult the Shaheeds, the authorities dreamed up another stunt. The last wish of both Shaheed Satwant Singh and Shaheed Kehar Singh was that their ashes be taken to Sri Kartarpur Sahib. However the Police forced the families of these two Shaheeds into jeeps and vans and drove them to Hardwar. Throughout the whole journey to Hardwar, it rained heavily. Then at gunpoint giving the families no choice, the final ardas for the Shaheeds was done. Just as the ardas began, the rain stopped. It was like nature was also paying respect to the Shaheeds. Bhai Satwant Singh`s father, Bapu Tarlok Singh, and the son of Bhai Kehar Singh, Sardar Rajinder Singh, poured the ashes in to the river at Hardwar.

Conclusion

The thoughts of the whole Sikh Nation are with Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh. The brutal Indian regime may have killed Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh, but in the hearts of all Sikhs, they will forever live. They are immortalised in paintings on the walls of Sikh Gurdwaras, and they have recorded their names in the Volumes of Sikh History. They were the modern day Bhai Sukha Singh and Bhai Mehtab Singh.

Bibi Surinder kaur passed away a few years ago from cancer. She was widely respected in the Panth for the dedication with which she stayed with Bhai Satwant Singh.

The Panth has a long list of shaheeds. We should always remember the example they set. Anyone can die while lying on a bed of sickness. Only a true Sooraa faces death bravely in the face and makes both life and death worthwhile (safal).

"There is no greater privilege for a Sikh than to lay down his life in defence of Sri Harmandir Sahib and Sri Akal Takhat Sahib. I wish to be born again and again and each time be able to die for it"

Waheguru Ji Ka KHalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

from ikonkaar.blogspot

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