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News: On February 23, 2021, Pagri Sambhal Diwas was established to honor Ajit Singh’s contributions and recognize the continuing struggles of farmers.
About Ajit Singh
- Ajit Singh (born February 23, 1881) was the younger brother of Sardar Kishan Singh and the uncle of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
- Ajit Singh played a key role in the Pagri Sambhal Jatta Movement (1907) which was peasant agitation against the oppressive Colonisation and Doab Bari Acts, which denied land ownership to farmers.
- He was a powerful orator and he addressed 19 of 33 protest meetings in Punjab. His speech in Rawalpindi on April 21, 1907, was deemed seditious, leading to his arrest on June 2, 1907, alongside Lala Lajpat Rai.
- Both were deported to Mandalay prison under Regulation III of 1818.
- Released after six months, he attended the Surat Congress session and founded the Bharat Mata Society, promoting Indian independence.
- He later established the Bharat Mata Book Agency, which published anti-British literature, attracting scrutiny from the colonial government.
- To evade British persecution, Ajit Singh moved to Iran and later Paris, where he founded the Indian Revolutionary Association. He met Lenin, Trotsky, and Mussolini while forging global alliances for India’s freedom.
- In 1913, he moved to Brazil and collaborated with the Ghadar Party and worked alongside revolutionaries such as Bhai Rattan Singh, Teja Singh Swatantra, and Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga.
- In 1932, he returned to Europe and contributed to the Azad Hind Fauj in Italy, attempting to recruit Indian soldiers.
- He was captured by Allied forces in 1945, he was imprisoned in Italy and Germany until December 1945.
- As India neared independence, he was released from the jail.
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