22-January-1858 Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. Narayan Singh Binjhwar, the scion of the Zamindar family of Sonakhan in Chhattisgarh, was born in 1795. During a severe famine, in 1856, he helped the people to save them from starvation. He was falsely implicated and arrested in October, 1856. When the flames of 1857 war reached Chhatisgarh, the masses elected the imprisoned Narayan Singh as their leader and liberated him from the jail. After organising the local people, Narayan Singh had an encounter with the British army near Sonakhan. Moved by the atrocities of the British and the resultant devastation and destruction, Narayan Singh surrendered to the British to protect the lives of his people. His public execution on 10 December 1857 provoked the public and the army contingent at Ranipur, which rose in yet another revolt. Veer Narayan Singhs martyrdom was a memorable event in the history of Chhattisgarh and lent momentum to the freedom struggle. He is also known as The 1st chhattisgarhi freedom fighter
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 03:30:00 +0000
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