AMRIT FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENCE "A Tribute to Heroes of Indian Freedom Struggle"

 

        India's Forgotten...? Freedom Fighter...?

We Indians have forgotten the brave freedom fighters of the freedom struggle. This is a small initiative to salute the forgotten freedom fighters by us. Salute to the forgotten freedom fighter.

                       Ganda lal dixit.....?

                                 Mainpuri Conspiracy...........?

Early life

Genda Lal Dixit was born on 30 November 1888 in Baha Tehsil of Agra District in the United Provinces. His father's name was Bholanath Dixit. His mother passed away when he was about three years old. After completing his primary education in his native village, he attended Government High School in Etawah and later did his matriculation from Agra. He became a teacher at the DAV School Auraiya in the United Provinces. He led a group of Indian freedom fighters (revolutionaries), known as the Shivaji Committee, who were engaged in subversive activities against the British Raj. Gendalal Dixit was one such brave revolutionary. Who shook the British rule with his adventures. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the revolutionary party 'Matrivedi'. He along with the revolutionaries Rash Behari Bose, Vishnu Ganesh Pigle, Kartar Singh Sarabha, Shachindranath Sanyal, Pratap Singh Barahath, etc. worked in different parts of the country, had made full preparations for armed revolution in North India against the British rule. But due to the betrayal of a partner, all their plans were foiled and many freedom fighters were hanged on the charge of revolting against the British rule. Hundreds were punished harshly like black water. Thousands of people had to face the repression of the British government. Despite this, Gendalal Dixit did not lose courage and continued to strive for the independence of the motherland till the last time of his life.

Formation of 'Matrivedi' & Shivaji Committee'

In 1916, he founded the 'Matrivedi' party in the ravines of Chambal. Before this, he formed another organization 'Shivaji Samiti' and awakened the youth and prepared them for revolution. Later, along with Brahmachari Laxmananand and rebel Sardar Pancham Singh, famous revolutionary Ram Prasad 'Bismil', Devnarayan Bhartiya, Shri Krishna Dutt Paliwal, Shivcharan Lal Sharma also joined. It was the result of Gendalal Dixit's imaginative leadership and unparalleled organizational ability that in addition to two thousand foot soldiers, there were five hundred horsemen in the team. Eight lakh rupees were in the treasury. The most interesting thing is that 30 rebel Sardars of Chambal also got a place in the Central Committee of the party. The revolutionary Rash Behari Bose, praising this organization, wrote, "The organization of the United Provinces was the best, well-organized and well-organized among all the provinces of India. This province had made better preparations for the revolution than other provinces. The author has also described the failure of the revolution in detail in the book!

Revolutionary activities

No revolution is successful without sacrifice, the country is not going to get freedom. A long struggle will have to be made and sacrifices will also have to be made. Gendalal Dixit was one such brave revolutionary. Who shook the British rule with his adventures. When Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of British India, ordered the partition of Bengal, a swadeshi movement started across the country. Dixit read newspaper articles written against Bal Gangadhar Tilak and inspired the Shivaji festival in Maharashtra to be emulated in the United Provinces. He took a leave of absence from his job and moved to the nearby princely state of Gwalior, where the public sympathized with the idea of ​​independence from Britain. There he encouraged the youth to take up arms and support the movement for change. He inspired dacoits to participate in guerilla warfare by repeating stories of the Maratha leader Shivaji who used a similar strategy during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The dacoits raised funds for the enterprise through a series of robberies in the rural areas of Agra and Gwalior. It was the result of Gendalal Dixit's imaginative leadership and unparalleled organizational ability that in addition to two thousand foot soldiers, there were five hundred horsemen in the team. Eight lakh rupees were in the treasury. The most interesting thing is that 30 rebel Sardars of Chambal also got a place in the Central Committee of the party. The revolutionary Rash Behari Bose, praising this organization, wrote, "The organization of the United Provinces was the best, well-organized and well-organized among all the provinces of India. This province had made better preparations for the revolution than other provinces.

"Vrat of Mainpuri" 28 January 1918

Dixit's guidance was sought by a fellow revolutionary, Ram Prasad Bismil. On 28 January 1918, Bismil published a pamphlet titled "Ek Sandesh to the Countrymen" and sent it to the public with his poem Mainpuri ki Pratigya ("Vrat of Mainpuri"). Three more looting raids took place to raise funds in 1918. The police searched them in and around Mainpuri while they were selling books banned by the U.P. When the police found these, Bismil was unsold fled with the books. While he was planning another robbery between Delhi and Agra, a police team arrived and firing started from both sides. Bismil was very cautious: he jumped into the Yamuna river and Swim underwater. The police and his accomplices thought he had been killed in an encounter. Dixit was arrested along with his other accomplices and kept in Agra Fort.

Bismil met Dixit in the fort and they planned to escape. Dixit was taken to Mainpuri, where a criminal case known as the Mainpuri Conspiracy was registered against Matruvedi's youth. Dixit offered to provide information related to robberies in the United Provinces and was believed by the police, who locked him up with the Matruvedi children. He escaped from the Police Jail in Mainpuri and fled to Delhi where he remained unknown till his death. On 1 November 1919 the Judicial Magistrate of Mainpuri pronounced the verdict against all the accused and declared Dixit and Bismil as absconders.

Death

As a result of his involvement in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, Dixit was arrested and imprisoned first at Agra Fort and later in Mainpuri. He managed to escape from prison and died on 21 December 1920 in a government hospital in Delhi. Dixit was associated with Ram Prasad Bismil. Looking in the mirror of author Shah Alam's book "Commander-in-Chief Genda Lal Dixit", the stature of this warrior of revolution looks very vast.