Udham Singh

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist
Indian revolutionary
assassin
person
alsoKnownAs Ram Mohammad Singh Azad
Udham Singh
surface form: Shaheed Udham Singh
associatedWithCity Amritsar
London, England
surface form: London
associatedWithEvent Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
birthDate 1899-12-26
birthPlace British India
Punjab
Sunam
burialPlace India
surface form: India (repatriated remains)
citizenship British India
cityOfAssassinationOfMichaelODwyer London, England
surface form: 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, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
ethnicity Punjabi
executionPlace HM Prison Pentonville
fullName Udham Singh self-link
hasOccupation political activist
revolutionary
honorificPrefix Shaheed
legacy symbol of resistance against colonial oppression
MichaelODwyerPositionAtTimeOfMassacre Governor of Punjab
surface form: 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, London
surface form: Caxton Hall
religion Sikhism
repatriationCountryFrom United Kingdom
repatriationCountryTo India
targetOfAssassination Michael O’Dwyer
surface form: Michael O'Dwyer
trialLocation London, England
surface form: London
victimOfMassacre Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
yearOfRepatriationOfRemains 1974

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Michael O’Dwyer killedBy Udham Singh
Udham Singh fullName Udham Singh self-link
Udham Singh alsoKnownAs Udham Singh
this entity surface form: Shaheed Udham Singh
Udhampur namedAfter Udham Singh
Udham Singh Nagar namedAfter Udham Singh
Udham Singh Nagar namedAfter Udham Singh
this entity surface form: Indian freedom fighter Udham Singh
Ram Mohammad Singh Azad realName Udham Singh
Ram Mohammad Singh Azad usedBy Udham Singh
Ram Mohammad Singh Azad alsoKnownAs Udham Singh
this entity surface form: Shaheed Udham Singh
Sunam hasNotablePerson Udham Singh
Sunam namedFor Udham Singh
this entity surface form: Udham Singh (in extended name Sunam Udham Singh Wala)