8 Responses to "Pagdi sambhaal jatta"
September 28, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Avinash ji,
Thanks for doing an outstanding job of reminding us of the Shaeed e Azam Bhagat Singh ji.
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September 28, 2013 at 10:21 pm
Avinash ji,
Just type ” Freedom fighter Sardar Ajit Singh” on Google and you get lot of information about Ajit singh ji. here is in brief about him-
Sardar Ajit Singh Sandhu (2 February 1881-15 August 1947) was born at village Khatkar Kalan district Jalandhar in in a military family from Punjab in India.
He was the man in the Punjab who resented the high-handedness of the British rule and openly criticized the British government. He was declared a political rebel and had to spend many years of his life in jails or in exile from India.
Sardar Ajit Singh was the uncle of Shahid-i-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh.
He was born at Khatkarkalan village in Nawanshahr District.[1]
He studied at D.A.V. College, Lahore and later on Law College, Barreily.He plunged into the freedom movement and left his law studies. In 1907, he was deported to Mandalay Jail in Burma along with Lala Lajpat Rai. After his release, he escaped to Iran. From there, he traveled to Rome, Geneva, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.
In 1918, he came in close contact with the Ghadar Party in San Francisco. In 1939, he returned to Europe and later on helped Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in his mission in Italy. In 1946, he came back to India at the invitation of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. After spending some time in Delhi, he went to Dalhousie.
He breathed his last on August 15, 1947, after India got its Independence. His last words were, “Thank God, my mission is fulfilled.”
A samadhi in his memory is at Panjpula, a popular and scenic picnic spot in Dalhousie
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September 28, 2013 at 10:40 pm
Avinash ji,
Very thoughtful and a very impotant remembrance. Thanks for the same.
The true freedom fighters, who actually made the sacrifices, many of them made the ultimate sacrifice, are not even acknowledged national personalities. Names such as Bhagat Singh, Subhas Bose, Lala Lajpat Rai, Chandrashekar Azaad, Ramprasad Bismil, and many more, are relegated to misrepresented history that has been touted for the past seven decades by a set of self serving and corrupt politicians, whose only objective is to somehow remain in power, enjoy the luxuries that come along the part time job of being the ‘kings’.
The dream of a free nation on our own terms, that these fighters envisioned, was sold down the river by the greedy and self serving so called ‘leaders’, who actually made a deal with the foreign powers, and foisted probably the largest social disaster and genocide in the history of mankind. The holocaust that Hitler brought down on the Jewish people pales into insignificance against the horrors and the misery of the totally unwarranted partition of this nation, the complete facts and history of which have never been acknowledged by our own leaders, what to talk about the world.
The names listed above, were a thorn in the side of the British, not only becuase they were fervent nationalists and were actually fighting a battle with guns and bombs, but more so because these people were educated intellectuals, with strong personalities and communication skills, that could influence the masses, if they were provided any such opportunities. And thus, they had to be eliminated, to keep the focus on the ‘leaders’ whom the British could ‘deal’ with. The writings of these dedicated souls are studies in revelation, about their visions and dreams of what this nation could have been. The miracle that Subhash Bose accomplished when he was able to pull together an army of ex-patriates, that shook the British empire to its foundations when they overran Burma and Assam, and were knocking the doors of Chittagong and Calcutta, before the Japanese withdrew after the atomic bombings.
If ever the history of this nation gets rewritten correctly, it will be explained how the British were shaken by these militant uprisings, and not by the so called ‘civil disobedience’ and ‘non-violent movements’, that have always been showcased because it served the purpose of the British masters, and of the so called ‘leaders’ who made a deal with them.
Bhagat Singh refused to make a deal with the British govt, though he was compelled to do so on more than one occasion. And he took to the gallows willingly, because he undertook the momentous personal decision that die he may, but this sacrifice was necessary to raise the consciousness of the masses, and send a message to the corrupt politicians and leaders. For all we see happening today, his sacrifice has been belittled and has been proven to be in vain, for we live in a social and political system that is worse than the one he was witness to.
As I said, thanks for the remembrance and the write up. It is important to perpetuate this memory, for this is the true history, and the true war against the British rule.
Rgds
Sudhir
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September 29, 2013 at 8:14 pm
@Atul ji – thanks for the post …!!!
@Ava ji – thanks for your support and appreciation.
@Sh.Deshmukh Sir, Sh.Sudhir Sir – thanks for the appreciation and sharing important information and sharing your thoughts.
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September 30, 2013 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for this informative write up on this song.
The video link has a different stanza, which is not there in the audio link:
kab tak baittha dekhegaa tu
haathhon ki ye lakeeren
kab tak baittha dekhegaa tu
haathhon ki ye lakeeren
tad gulaami ki ye puraani
zang bhari zanjeeren
himmat ho to ban jaati hai
himmat ho to ban jaati hai
sab bigdi taqdeeren
Lut gayaa maal teraa
Lut gayaa maal oye
Pagdi sambhaal jattaa
Pagdi sambhaal oye
Pagdi sambhaal jattaa
pagdi sambhal teraa
lut gayaa maal oye
Pagdi sambhaal jattaa
Pagdi sambhaal oye
Pagdi sambhaal jattaa
Good to revisit this oft heard song.
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October 2, 2013 at 6:17 pm
@ Nahm ji – thank you very much. Sorry ! its mistake on my part. Normally i check both the links while sending the lyrics. I wonder how i missed this one.
Thanks for the additional stanza and i would request Atul ji to kindly add this stanza to the lyrics please.
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September 28, 2013 at 9:50 pm
Excellent write up Avinash. I had tears in my eyes.
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