History Mystery- Part 3

muqawwee123 · March 28, 2013, 7:17am

Re: History Mystery- Part 3

time to disclose right answer.

Udham Singh ( aka Rama Muhammad Singh Azad) was the person who took oath on Heer Waris Shah.

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/indo-pak-history/597622-sheikhupura-30-miles-from-lahore.html

After years, I learnt that it was Udham Sigh, who murdered Micheal O’Dwyer, Lieutenant Governor of Punjab for supporting Brigadier Dyer`s action at the Jallianwala Bagh. The prosecution proceeded as
Question: What is your full name?

Answer: Ram Muhammad Singh Azad

Question: Which holy scripture would you prefer for oath?

Answer: I will swear by Heer of Waris Shah, the most widely read and acknowledged book of Punjab.

This was probably the only time someone took an oath on Heer. Heer by Waris Shah is the second tradition of love and on other side of Sheikhupura, this Shakespeare of Punjabi, sleeps in his funerary at Jandiala Sher Khan.

Heer has been told by different poets in different schemes. It was written by Damodar, Maqbal and Ahmed Gujjar but the most popular version was penned by Waris Shah. Heer is the philosophy of life, a love story which has left footprints on so many hearts for so long. This narrative of Punjab minutely chronicles the details of the days and nights of rural life, depicting illustrations of the sunrise and sunset and all that prevails in between, recording seasonal produce, defining human nature and documenting ideologies of life and the realities of death. The tale itself has a background. On arriving at Qasoor from Jandiala, Waris Shah fell in love with Bhaag Bhari, a local lady. This love moved the poet to create his Magnum Opus.

The love of Ranjha in fact, stems from Waris Shah`s heart and the beauty of Heer in reality is a tribute to Bhaag Bhari.

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/indo-pak-history/590953-ram-mohammad-singh-azad.html