Ram Rakha

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Ram Rakha
Ram Rakha
Born(1884-02-23)23 February 1884
Died22 December 1919(1919-12-22) (aged 35)
NationalityIndian
Other namesPandit Ram Rakha Bali
OccupationGhadr revolutionary
Known forMartyrdom In Cellular Jail

Pandit Ram Rakha

Ghadr party from Punjab. Primarily known for his involvement in the Burma conspiracy case in Myanmar and also as a victim of inhumane torture in Cellular Jail
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Revolutionary activities

He was the son of Jawahir Ram, and a resident of

Ghadr party in U.S.A, German collaboration in the rebellion, connection with the Indian revolutionaries and the individual responsibility of the accused persons.[5] Judgement was delivered on July 6, 1917, and :- (1) Mujtaba Husain of Jaipur, (2) Amar Singh of Ludhiana, (3) Ali Ahmed Sadiq of Faizabad district, were condemned to death.[6] (4) Ram Rakha was sentenced to transportation for life. All property belonging to the accused were confiscated to the state. The Lieutenant Governor in reviewing the case on appeal confirmed the judgment with modification regarding forfeiture of property. A Rangoon press Note issued on December 7, 1917, announced that the death sentence of each accused had been commuted to one of transportation for life by the Governor General in Council.[7]

Death

Ram Rakha[8] was sent to the Andaman Cellular Jail to serve his sentence. He came into conflict with the prison authorities for not submitting to the humiliating conditions and resisting the inhuman treatment to which the prisoners were subjected.[9] The prison authorities tried to take away his sacred thread. As he was a Hindu Brahmin, he protested against this. He was mercilessly assaulted for forcing him to submission. In protest, he resorted to hunger strike. Before he succumbed, he had been vomiting blood but nothing could be forced down his throat to make him live. He expired in 1919.[10]

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  8. ^ Shaheed Ram Rakha.
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