Udham Singh

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Indian independence activist Indian revolutionary assassin person

Udham Singh was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter best known for assassinating former Punjab Lieutenant Governor Michael O’Dwyer in 1940 to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Aliases (1)

Shaheed Udham Singh ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence activist → Indian revolutionary → assassin → person →
alsoKnownAs	Ram Mohammad Singh Azad → Shaheed Udham Singh →
associatedWithCity	Amritsar → London →
associatedWithEvent	Jallianwala Bagh massacre →
birthDate	1899-12-26 →
birthPlace	British India → Punjab → Sunam →
burialPlace	India (repatriated remains) →
citizenship	British India →
cityOfAssassinationOfMichaelODwyer	London →
commemoratedIn	Punjab history → memorials in India →
convictedOf	murder of Michael O'Dwyer →
countryOfOrigin	India →
dateOfAssassinationOfMichaelODwyer	1940-03-13 →
deathCause	execution by hanging →
deathDate	1940-07-31 →
deathPlace	London → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
ethnicity	Punjabi →
executionPlace	HM Prison Pentonville →
fullName	Udham Singh →
hasOccupation	political activist → revolutionary →
honorificPrefix	Shaheed →
legacy	symbol of resistance against colonial oppression →
MichaelODwyerPositionAtTimeOfMassacre	Lieutenant Governor of Punjab →
motive	revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre →
movement	Indian independence movement →
nationality	Indian →
notableFor	assassination of Michael O'Dwyer →
opposedTo	British colonial rule in India →
penalty	death sentence →
placeOfAssassinationOfMichaelODwyer	Caxton Hall →
religion	Sikhism →
repatriationCountryFrom	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
repatriationCountryTo	India →
targetOfAssassination	Michael O'Dwyer →
trialLocation	London →
victimOfMassacre	Jallianwala Bagh massacre →
yearOfRepatriationOfRemains	1974 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Udham Singh ("Shaheed Udham Singh") →	alsoKnownAs
Udham Singh →	fullName
Michael O’Dwyer →	killedBy