The Punjab government has declared July 31, the martyrdom day of revolutionary freedom fighter Shaheed Udham Singh, as a gazetted holiday, with all state government offices, boards, and corporations to remain closed that day. Sardar Udham Singh, born in 1899, is widely revered across Punjab and India for avenging the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by assassinating O’Dwyer in London in 1940. Singh’s act of defiance has since become a symbol of resistance to colonialism.
