Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle of India

Slogan:
“Let’s salute the unsung heroes who give us
beautiful today.”
“Freedom fighters gave us their today for our
golden tomorrow.”
Introduction:
There are many freedom fighters that we either do not know or are
rarely talked about.
For example

Vijay Singh Pathik.

Motilal Tejawat.
Swami Kumaranand.
Ladu Ram Joshi.
Balwant Singh Mehta.
 Vijay Sing Pathik

The Name
The family background of Vijay Singh Pathik made him revolutionary.
He was sent to organise revolutionary activities in Rajasthan by his
party. Rash Behari Bose & Sanchin Sanyal planned a revolt in 1915
but the plan failed because of treachery. Ras Behari Bose had to flee
to Japan and Sachin Sanyal was transported for life. Vijay Singh
Pathik was also arrested in Rajasthan with his comrades on the
suspicion of his connection with the above revolutionary group and
he was put in the prison at Tatgarh. He escaped from the prison and
assumed the name of Vijay Singh Pathik (original Bhoop Singh) and
dressed himself as Rajasthani Rajput.
Contributions
Vidya Pracharni Sabha
After escaping from the prison Vijay Singh Pathik established Vidya
Pracharni Sabha at a village, Ochhri, near Chittaurgarh to work
among the peasants of the area. In 1915 he organised a function of
Vidya Pracharni Sabha in which Sadhu Sitaram Das came as an
invitee. He was impressed by the ideas of Pathik and he asked him to
take over the leadership of the Byolia peasant movement.

Bijolia Peasants Movement

In 1916, Vijay Singh Pathik reached Bijolia and assumed leadership of
the Bijolia Peasant Movement. He also established Vidya Pracharni
Sabha at Bijolia and under this Sabha he started a library, a school,
and a Akhara. These institutions later became the centres of political
activities.
The movement was launched by the caste Panchayat of Dhakar as in
1897, but it was a weak organisation. In 1916 Pathik organised a
peasant organisation known as Bijolia Kisan Panchayat. He
established a central committee of the Kisan Panchayat which was
named as Kisan Panchayat Board and its branches were opened in
each village. The central committee also established a panchayat
fund with subscriptions from its members. Manna lal Patel was
appointed Sarpanch (President) and a committee of 13 members was
constituted under him to conduct the movement. Vijay Singh Pathik
established Rajasthan Sewa Sangh in 1919 and situated his
headquarters at Ajmer, which was under direct British rule. The
Rajasthan Sewa Sangh and the Rajputana Madhya Bharat Sabha
(Pathik President) also extended their support to the movement.
Arrest
On 10th September, 1923 Pathik was arrested. He was tried by a
special court and was sentenced to three and a half years
imprisonment and fined Rs. 1,500 for his activities in Bengu Peasant
Movement. The arrest of Vijay Singh Pathik gave a severe set-back to
the peasant movement of Bijolia. Vijay Singh Pathik was released on
28th April, 1927 under an order in which his re-entry in Mewar was
forbidden. He cotniued his work in Bijolia through Kisan Sabha until
1930, when the leadership passed into the hands of Jamnalal Bajaj
and Haribhau Upadhyay.

Newspapers
• Through Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi newspaper "Pratap” published
from Kanpur, he brought
Bijolia Peasant Movement to national stage.
• He was editor of Rajasthan Kesari, Navin Rajasthan. Hindi Weekly -
Tarun Bharat
• He also started his own independent Hindi weekly, the Rajasthan
Sandesh and the Nav
Sandesh from Ajmer.

Books
• Novel: Ajay Meru
• Collection of stories: Pathik Pramod
• Pathikji ke Jail ke Patra,
• Pathik ki Kavitaon Ka Sangrah

Vijay Singh Pathik died in Ajmer in 1954.

Topic : LocaI Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle of India
Name of the NSS Volunteer : SUNIL KHACHARIYA

Name of the Institution : Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Name of the University/Directorate : NIT JALANDHAR

Personal details
District : AJMER

State : RAJSTHAN

Mobile Number : 6377017394

Email ID : sunilk.ce.21@nitj.ac.in