CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, on the 21st death anniversary of Sardar Kultar Singh, younger brother of Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh and who had to face jail sentence many times due to the atrocities of British rule, International Yoga Guru Padma Shri Swami Bharat Bhushan started the unique program Amar Senani Tumhein Pranam program organized by Rashtra Vandana Mission at Bhagat Singh residence in Pradumnagar with Rashtra Vandana Yagna, distribution of revolutionary literature and floral tribute and respectful salutation to Sardar Kultar Singh and the tradition of sacrifice of ancestors. He praised the good fortune of the people of Saharanpur, especially the new generation here, that the family which wrote a unique story of sacrifice for the country in front of the world, remained connected with Saharanpur throughout their life. Brave mother Vidyavati lived here with her younger son Kultar Singh till her last breath. Linking it to the sacrifices made by the entire clan inspired by Guru Govind Singh, he said that this unique tradition of sacrifice has been passed on not only to Bhagat Singh Kultar Sardar's grandfather Arjun Singh, father Kishan Singh, mother Vidyavati, uncle Ajit Singh who sacrificed his life on hearing the declaration of independence on the night of 14 August 1947, while enduring exile for forty years and inciting the war of independence from abroad, nephew Bhagat Singh who was hanged, Kultar Singh who endured rigorous imprisonment for years, to whom Shaheed Bhagat Singh wrote his last letter before his hanging at the age of seven, but also to the women and children of the clan who were born to the pregnant women of the clan in prison and paid a heavy price for freedom. Guru Swami Bharat Bhushan said that this Bhagat Singh Niwas is a national pilgrimage in the true sense, every inch of which has been touched by the feet of Veermata Vidyavati. He became emotional and felt proud that he had the privilege of embracing Mata Vidyavati many times and eating the prasad of milk and buttermilk from her hands. Coordinator of the program and Kultar Singh's son and a strong nationalist thinker, Kiranjit Singh said that today in this Amar Senani Tumhein Pranam program, apart from small school children to college students and common people, SDM Surendra Kumar Singh, Dr. Chandrasheel Chopra, Manjit Kaur, daughter Amrita, Anushka etc. also paid homage to Kultar Singh with floral tribute.