PUNJAB CM TO RAISE ISSUE WITH GOI TO RETRIEVE PISTOL AND DIARY OF SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH FROM UK
Sangrur, 31 July 2021 : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that his government would soon take up the issue to retrieve the pistol and diary of Shaheed Udham Singh from United Kingdom with Union Ministry of External Affairs.
Talking to the mediapersons on the sidelines of the state level function organised here on 82nd martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh, the Chief Minister said that the ashes of the martyr were returned to India after 40 years that too with great deal of efforts. He said that as now the pistol of Shaheed Udham Singh is in Scotland with which he killed the then Lt. Governor of Punjab Michael O’Dwyer and diary is also somewhere there. He said the Government of India should further take up this matter with the British High Commission so as to get these back. After getting these pride possessions of legendary martyr from abroad would be kept in the museum here for the general public as the government intends to make this historic memorial as a world class, added Captain Amarinder Singh.
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