Question

Whose sacrifice ultimately led to the liberation of the people of Tehri from Monarchy?
1. Baba Uttarakhandi
2. Sridev Suman
3. Jai Dutt Vella
4. Hargovind Pant

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Sridev Suman

The correct answer is Sri Dev Suman.

• Sri Dev Suman was a social activist from the Tehri District of Uttarakhand.
  • He was one of the prominent freedom fighters of Uttarakhand.
  • He followed Gandhian principles and visions from a quite young age.
  • He chose the path of non-violence and won freedom with no weapons, only with truth and peace.
  • His sacrifice ultimately led to the liberation of the people of Tehri from the Monarchy.
  • He was declared a rebel and arrested by the Tehri kingdom in 1943.
  • He was brutally tortured inside the jail.
  • He had sacrificed himself and died in prison only at the age of 29.
  • He died on 25 July 1944 and his dead body was thrown into the Bhilangna River without a funeral.

• Hargovind Pant was a freedom fighter activist from Uttarakhand.
  • He is the founder of the Kumaon Parishad political group.
  • He was elected deputy speaker of the United Provinces legislature in 1951.
• Baba Uttarakhandi was a political activist who died after a marathon 38- day-long- hunger strike in 2004, demanding  Gairsain being made the permanent capital of the state.