Ground Report

      DEATH OF LALA LAJPAT RAI , MURDER OF J.P.SAUNDERS

                            AND BHAGAT SINGH

A notice actually handwritten written by Bhagat Singh but issued under the name of

Balraj was written on the intervening night of 18-19 December,1928 appeared on the

walls of Lahore after the killing of J.P.Saunders, Deputy Suprintendent of Police, Lahore

on 17-12-1928 as a revenge of Lala Lajpat Rai’s death [which is still a topic of research

whether Lala Lajpat Rai died on 17-11-1928 due to lathi’s (large heavy sticks) or due to

heart attack. Sardar Kapur Singh, the first Indian ICS officer too have different views

on this topic].

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                                 "NOTICE"

                   By Hindustan Socialist Republic Army.

                       ‘Bureaucracy Beware’

With the death of J. P. Saunders the assassination of Lala Lajpat Rai has been

avenged. It is a matter of great regret that a respected leader of 300million of people

was attacked by an ordinary police officer like J. P. Saunders and met with his death at

his mean hands. This national insult was a challenge to young men.

Today the world has seen that the people of India are not lifeless; their blood has not

become cold. They can lay down their lives for the country’s honour. The proof of this

has been given by the youth who are ridiculed and insulted by the leaders of their

country.

                 ‘Tyrant Government Beware’

Do not hurt the feelings of the oppressed suffering people of this country. Stop your

devilish ways. Despite all your laws preventing us from keeping arms and despite all

your watchfulness, people of this country will continue to get pistols and revolvers. Even

if these arms are not adequate in numbers for an armed revolution, they would be

sufficient for avenging the insult to the country’s honour. Even if our country’s own

people condemn us and ridicule us and if foreign government subjects us to any amount

of repression, we shall all be ever ready to teach a lesson to foreign tyrants who insult

our national honour. Despite all opposition and repression, we shall carry forward the

call for revolution and even we go to the scaffold for being hanged,we shall continue to

shout;

                          "Long Live Revolution!"

We are sorry to have killed a man. But this man was a part of the cruel, despicable and

unjust system and killing him was a necessity. This man has been killed as an

employee of the British Government. This Government is the most oppressive

government in the world.

"We are sorry for shedding human blood but it becomes necessary to bathe the altar of

Revolution with blood. Our aim is to bring about a revolution which would end all

exploitation of man by man.

                    "Long Live Revolution"

                                                                                                                                              Sd/-   Balraj

                                                                                                    Commander-in-Chief, HSRA

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 ( Balraj was the pseudoname of Chandrashekhar Azad )

-dr. navraj singh sandhu

               p.a.h.s.-1