solitary cell and freedom

This is a remnant of my visit to Port Blair..

An encounter with the cellular jail...

To come face to face with a shared past ...so harsh...so inhuman.

Of a hostile climate...a demoniac jailer and the brave men who were

incarcerated there,not criminals...freedom fighters.

men of principles and ideals...one in particular..

Mahavir Singh Lahore Conspiracy Case ( 1929-1930)
Born 16th September 1908, Shahpur, Tahala- Etah, U.P.,s/o Kunwar Devi Singh.

Was a student D.A.V. College, Kanpur. Joined H.S.R.A.

Drove the car by which Bhagat Singhand Rajguru escaped.

After gunning down Saunders. Arrested in the summer of 1929.

Sentenced to transportation to life. Deported to the Andamans.

Participated in the first hunger strike and fell victim to the brutal force feeding process.

He died 17th May 1933.

He went on a hunger strike.He was force fed.He resisted and lost his life.

To step into that very cell,to face all that those men had given up so that

India could be free..

Courage.