Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturdaysaid that his government would soon take up the issue to retrieve the pistoland diary of Shaheed Udham Singh from United Kingdom with Union Ministry ofExternal Affairs.
Talking to the mediapersons on the sidelines of the statelevel function organised here on 82nd martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh, theChief Minister said that the ashes of the martyr were returned to India after40 years that too with great deal of efforts.
He said that as now the pistol of Shaheed Udham Singh isin Scotland with which he killed the then Lt. Governor of Punjab MichaelO’Dwyer and diary is also somewhere there.
He said the Government of India should further take upthis matter with the British High Commission so as to get these back. Aftergetting these pride possessions of legendary martyr from abroad would be keptin the museum here for the general public as the government intends to makethis historic memorial as a world class, added Captain Amarinder Singh.
To another query, the Chief Minister said there areseveral memorials like Jallianwala Bagh, Hussainiwala and now the newly builtShaheed Udham Singh memorial and soon another memorial in the memory of numerous unknownheroes of freedom struggle would be constructed so as to pay glowing tributesto these sons of the soil.
He said such monuments always remind us of our gloriouslegacy of valour and are instrumental in imbibing the spirit of patriotismamongst youngsters.