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Master Prithvi Nath of Jagadhri - India 's Great Freedom Fighter
Master
Prithvi Nath Garg was born in Jagadhri ( in present day Haryana ) on
15th December 1899. He was the son of Lala Ghasitu Mal Ji who had great
influence in the town and around .
In
the year 1917 a terrible pneumonic plague broke out at Jagadhri. .
Prithvi Nath was barely 18 at that time . This epidemic was so
infectious in its fury that even four men were not forthcoming to carry a
bier to the cremation or burial ground .It was then that the instinct
of National service even at the great risk of one own life ( as Plague
was a very contagious disease ) got possession of Master Prithvi Nath
.He organised companions of his age into a sort of Volunteers ' Corps
to carry the dead to final resting places.
When
the plague died down, it was Master Prithvi Nath who changed the
Volunteer Corps into Sewa Samiti , the members of which were to give
help to the needy whenever and where ever required . He him self became
their guide and Source of Inspiration .
Now
, Master Ji chose for himself the avocation of a teacher in the local
municipal Board school , where his work for five or six year which
earned him a place in the heart of his pupils who later remembered him
with pride and affection .
While
a teacher, Master Prithvi Nath Ji attended the session of the Indian
National Congress held in 1925 at Kanpur .The proceedings of the Session
had so much affect on him that on his return to his home town of
Jagadhri from Kanpur that he gave up teaching and instead plunged
himself completely into the Struggle for National Liberation of his
Motherland , without official restraints.
The
first thing done by Master ji was to transform the local Sewa Samiti
founded by him earlier into the Jagadhri branch of the Indian National
Congress .He then held several meetings and delivered lectures after
lectures to popularise the National Freedom Movement .
Now
he became the target of C.I.D of the British Police , which began to
report his all activities to British Indian Government.Nothing daunted
Master Ji and continued his mission and became an open rebel , earning
the name of the JAGADHRI GANDHI.
In
December 1929, the historic Session of the Indian National Congress
was held at Lahore .Master Prithvi Nath went there as the head of a
National Volunteer Corps.
On his return he worked in 1930 in the Non Cooperation Movement at Jagadhari with his usual zeal.
When
the British Government declared the Indian National Congress as an
unlawful body,Master Prithvi Nath was arrested under Article 17(B) in
December,1930, and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment as C.Class
prisoner. He put up quietly with all hardship of jail life at the Ambala
Central jail ,which reduced his weight considerably and shattered his
health badly. When Gandhi -Irwin pact was concluded he was released like
other political prisoners on 7th m March 1931.
Then
Master Ji devoted his attention to the constructive ( " Tamiri " )
programme of the Congress plying the spinning wheel ( " Charkha " )
every day and wearing hand-spun clothes .But the passion for political
service did not leave him in spite of his ruined health
.
The
British Goverment always had a horror of spread of Indian National
Congress Movement in rural areas .In 1942 Master Ji betook himself to
Mustafabad village , near Jagadhri on the political mission of
spreading Gandhi Ji 's message .At Mustafabad Master Ji was arrested
even though he had not offered Satyagraha and was sentenced to jail ,
and he was transferred to the Borstal Jail , Lahore .
After
release from the Lahore Jail , Master Ji resorted to Satyagraha at the
Chowk Bazar Jagadhari and offered him self for arrest. The British Govt
sent him to Sialkot Jail in the first instance and later transferred
him to Ferozepur jail. It is to be noted that although the Trial
Magistrate had given Master Ji B class in view of his delicate health
,but Master Ji refused to accept any concession on any ground and got
the Jail class changed to C .
These
three jail yatras of Master ji shattered his health so much so that he
practically became unfit to work and earn for family and the nation .
The
last four year of his life were most challenging. .Overworking for his
Nation work and three jail courtings made him neglect his health and
financial position . Master Ji lost his eye sight and developed high
blood pressure and diabetes . He had lost all sources of income.
Post
Independence , Master Prithvi Nath spurned many offers of President
ships or Secretary ships . He remained just an ordinary " Member " of
the Congress.Even during his heydays as a Great Revolutionary Master Ji
avoided personal publicity or lime light for self. He had identified
solely and wholly with the Mission of Freeing India.
Having
sacrificed every thing personal but seeing his Beloved country free ,
Master Ji breathed his last on 28 th December , 1955.
