Happy Independence Day.
Today, we are celebrating our 66th Independence Day. The Independence Day of any country is a moment of pride and glory and is an occasion for retrospection, assessing our achievements and failures & formulating corrective action where we are still lagging far behind e.g. education at all levels, child labour, upliftment of poors, casteism and the list can just go on and on. It is also time to remember and pay tributes to the freedom fighters, who sacrificed their lives and fought to free our motherland from the clutches of the oppressors – British who ruled the country for nearly 200 years.
Happy Independence Day, Jai Hind
15th of August, is a holiday commemorating India’s independence from the British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on 15 August 1947. We achieved independence following the Indian independence movement.
The India Gate
Today India is a vibrant Nation. However, we tend to take many things for granted. In our normal day to day, routine life we hardly remember them who sacrificed their life to free our motherland. On our 66th years of Independence, let’s make a resolution to make India beautiful and fight against terrorism, anti-social elements, corruptions…each one of us can make a difference.
India Gate & Amar Jawan Jyoti – January 26, 2012
At the beginning of another year of our Independence, wishing you all a very Happy Independence Day.
Jai Hind!
We are proud to be an Indian
I just thought to write about one of our trips to Amritsar which we did few years back in Year 2009, to pay our tributes at Jallianwala Bagh.
I always found myself driving on the road without planning my trip before (things have changed a little bit after the birth of my son gradually). It is not that I don’t love planning my vacation well in advance, but most of the time my planned vacation ends up with cancellation at the last moment and the heart-break thereafter. Nainital is one of those places which are still undiscovered by me, despite I had confirmed train tickets in my hand for the consecutive three years from 2005 to 2007. However, even my unplanned travel/adventure turned out to be an equally organized, except the train tickets in my hand.
In 2009, we were celebrating our 63rd Independence Day. We had three consecutive holidays in the second week of August, 2009 (Janmastami being on Friday, the 14th and Saturday/Sunday as weekly off). It was a normal working day for me on August 13th and I had no plan till lunch time. Last year (in 2008), we were in Jaipur on Janmastami and I just thought why not to use those three days and go somewhere. I called up home around 5 p.m. and informed Madhumita that we might go somewhere, (as destination & departure time not yet planned) and be ready with our suitcase packed, particularly keep everything related to our child. After filling-up the tank and checking the tyre pressure, I reached home around 8 p.m. We had finally decided to visit Amritsar (though it was a close call for Shimla). Now came the big question
“When would you start”?
“Now, just after dinner”.
“How can you drive at night, you haven’t taken any rest after office”,
“Is it safe to drive at night?”…etc. etc…
It may sound exaggerating, but I don’t feel tired even if I don’t have a chance to sleep for few days…I experienced it once for consecutive seven days (though that was 6/7 years ago)…and I just hate sleeping…4 to 5 hours’ sleep in a day is more than sufficient…we won’t be here for a long, why to waste time.
Next it was time to book a hotel. From the list of the nominated hotel list circulated by our HR Department, found a Hotel namely “Punnu International, 7, Court Road, Amritsar, Punjab”, which seems to be within our Budget and booked one room for three days tentatively. (They charged Rs.1,000/- per night, three years ago).
After taking bath and an hour’s nap to give rest to my eyes, I was feeling fresh again and was ready for a long drive. At 12 a.m., the three of us were ready to leave our home in Gurgaon and started our journey. My son, who was going to complete 2 years next month (i.e. Sep 2009), was still awake and believe me he wanted to keep his eyes open, as if he might misses something on the way. We came across a huge traffic before the Kundli border and it took nearly an hour to cross that stretch of 15 km. We stopped at a Dhaba at Murthal at 2:30 a.m. (exactly 80 km from our home) to grab some parathas and tea. It was a smooth drive from there till we reach Rajpura, the Haryana-Punjab border around 5:30 in the morning, thanks to the newly constructed & well lit flyover at Panipat and beautifully built NH-1 (though, construction was still going on in Y-2009 in some phases, which might have been over by now).
Everyone got up and returned to the front seat by now. For the first time in our life, we entered in the State of Punjab. It was still dark and took nearly 30 mins to cross the border, due to heavy traffic; we had to pass through so many trucks.
We were hungry and opened the packed food (Luchi & Alur Dam) which we made before leaving home. We always carry some home made food whenever we travel, so that whenever we feel hungry and nothing at sight we can eat while driving – I find it so convenient and it also save journey time. However, we had to stop at a restaurant around 8 a.m. for my son as he was fully dependent on Celerac/Milk, as well as to be freshen-up. Though, it was a different story that he hardly ate anything during the entire trip of three days, but we had to admire the level of his energy. We crossed Ludhiana soon and some other small towns in Punjab on the way. I am in Delhi for quite some time and aware of those names…felt excited while passing through them.
When we crossed Jalandhar, we knew that we are about to reach Amritsar, which is approx. 94 km from there. Both of us were also excited just to think how close we were from the border and from our neighbouring country. Honestly, we wanted to go back to pre-Independence era just to feel how life would be for those people in the undivided country. The Independence coincided with the partition of India wherein the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into two new nations—Dominion of India (later Republic of India) and Dominion of Pakistan (later Islamic Republic of Pakistan).
On 14th morning, we reached Amritsar (480 km from our Gurgaon home) at 10 a.m. However, it took another hour to reach Hotel from there, due to heavy city traffic, as well as our inability to follow the language. We thought to take few hours rest and explore the city thereafter. After taking shower, we had our lunch in the hotel and went to sleep for couple of hours.
The decision to leave at night paid-off finally. If we would have decided to leave in the morning, we won’t be able to reach before evening.
Jallianwala Bagh & the Golden Temple
After a sound sleep of three hours, we were fresh again and left the hotel by 4 p.m. We parked our car in the parking lot of the Golden Temple Shrine and went straight to Jalianwala Bagh. When we were entering through the gate, all the history pages suddenly come alive in front of us. From our childhood, we heard / read so many things about this place and today, we are standing there which witnessed one of the bloodiest massacres during our Independence movement.
The bullet holes were marked on the walls
A brief history
On Sunday 13 April 1919, Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dyer was convinced that a major insurrection was going on, thus he banned all meetings. On hearing that a meeting of 15,000 to 20,000 people had assembled (which included women, senior citizens and children) at Jallianwala Bagh, he went with fifty riflemen to a raised bank and ordered them to shoot at the crowd. Dyer kept the firing up till the ammunition supply was almost exhausted for about ten minutes with 1,650 rounds fired approximately. Official Government of India sources estimated that the fatalities were 379, with 1,100 wounded. The casualty number estimated by Indian National Congress was more than 1,500, with approximately 1,000 getting killed. At Jallianwala Bagh out of the 1,302 men, women and children slaughtered, 799 (61%) were Sikhs.
Just to imagine on what happened on that fateful day of April 13, 1919, where so many people were trapped and killed, brought tears from our eyes.
The place is still closely related with our family and place i.e. Dasghara (some of the readers in this forum may still remember ‘Dasghara’ through my last post, published on August 4 :
Late Shri S. C. Mukhopadhyay, the person behind the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial & Trust, was my father’s grandfather (Maternal side) and Dasghara is also their home.
(Reference: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060413/aplus.htm)
The memorial is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust and one member of Mukhopadhyay family is the secretary of the Trust. The family stays in Jallianwala Bagh Complex. Though they know my parents and everyone at our home, I didn’t remember them. I met them only once in my childhood. Whenever they visited the place, we were not there, as we were staying far away from our ancestor’s place. The last time my parents met them sometime in ’80s – distance, time & work took its toll on the relation. However, we heard a lot from our grandmother about them. From my childhood, I had a long wish to meet them at Amritsar to rekindle the family tie. My uncle, cousin brothers are in touch with them and used to visit them frequently, as they are staying in Delhi since birth.
We were a bit excited to meet them, at the same time we were thinking on how to introduce ourselves. We couldn’t meet anyone, as the caretaker informed us that no one was at home and asked us to come next day during Flag hosting ceremony.
We spent few hours in the Memorial. We have no words to express as to what we had witnessed on that day. The bullet holes were seen on the walls and adjoining buildings. There is a well into which many people jumped and drowned attempting to save themselves from the bullets, which is now a protected monument inside the park.
One for our album
Family album – with my son
Jallianwala Bagh Memorial
Jallianwala Bagh Memorial
After spending two hours over there, we went to the Golden Temple.
Yeah…looking good
We reached the Shrine around 6:30 p.m., two hours before the sunset. The Gurbaani welcomed us. The majestic shrine, ‘Golden Temple’ just took our breathe away. We went there not as a devotee, but just as a tourist. We were just sitting on the side of the pond for two hours and the magnificent structure was just in front of us. It was really a beautiful sight to forget, the white structure, clock towers, pond, coloured fishes, the sky and the temple. We didn’t talk, just staring at the shrine.
The majestic GoldenTemple
My son
It was a wonderful feeling and we didn’t know by when we became devotees from just a normal tourist. My son likes the place most because of the coloured fishes. After sunset, we offered prayer and left the place around 9:30. On our way to hotel, we stopped at a restaurants for dinner and ordered ‘Thalis’. The food is excellent; actually whenever & wherever we ate something in Amritsar, we found the food is very good. We reached hotel around 11 p.m. and went to sleep in no time.
Coloured Fish in the Holy pond
August 15, 2009:
Happy Independence Day.
Getting Ready
We had a plan to visit Jallianwala Bagh, the Golden Temple & Wagha Border today.
The hotel manager suggested us to leave by 2 p.m. for Wagha border. So, we had the entire morning to roam around Amritsar and also we had to go to see the Flag Hosting ceremony at Jalliwanla Bagh to meet our relatives.
We are proud to be a part of the Flag Hosting Ceremony at Jallianwala Bagh. It was such a historic moment for us.
This time, we were able to meet Mr. Mukherjee, the chairman of the Trust, in his office. When we gave him our details, he welcomes us and surprised at the same time. He is in the same age group of my Dad and remembers my parents very well. It was a nice one hour with him exchanging family details; unfortunately, no one was at home except him. He also returned a day before just for the Flag Hosting Ceremony on 15th August. We couldn’t meet other family members. He invited us for lunch at home but we left the place, after promising him to come back again along with our parents whenever we will visit next. We were at loss of words, since he was such a senior person and this was our first meeting.
Jallianwala Bagh Memorial
Nicely maintained Park inside the memorial
We went to the Shrine again, sat there for quite some time and proceed to Langar by 12 noon. It is an experience, I will never forget in my life.
The Langar (free kitchen) was started by the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is designed to uphold the principle of equality between all people of the world regardless of religion, caste, colour, creed, age, gender or social status. In addition to the ideals of equality, the tradition of Langar expresses the ethics of sharing, community, inclusiveness and oneness of all humankind. All people would sit on the floor together, as equals, to eat the same simple food. It is here that all people high or low, rich or poor, male or female, all sit in the same row to share and enjoy the food together.
This is very generous, as there may be several hundred people to feed. All the preparation, the cooking and the washing-up is done by volunteers.
In the Golden Temple Community Kitchen at an average 50,000 devotees or tourists take langar in the Community Kitchen daily; but the number becomes almost double on special occasions.
Wagha Border:
We left for Wagha Border around 2:30 p.m., which is ~ 35 km from the city.
Wagha is the only road border crossing between Pakistan and India and lies on the Grand Trunk Road between the cities of Amritsar, Punjab, India and Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Wagha itself is a village through which the controversial Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India, was drawn. The village was divided by Independence in 1947. Today, the eastern half of the village remains in the Republic of India while the western half is in Pakistan.
It is particularly known for the elaborate Wagha border ceremony that happens at the border gate before sunset each day. I had no idea about the celebration in details, except it is a must watch show for every Indian from my friends, whoever went there.
We saw a large number of crowd and a very long queue, after parking our car and thought it was quite natural, being the importance of the Day. What we never thought that this place would not have the facility to manage such a large number of crowd.
The crowd started getting very large in number and there was pushing and shoving all around. Seeing us along with our child, the Border Security Force (BSF) Personnel came to our rescue and allowed us to go inside without waiting in the queue. But within few minutes, they had to open the gate and people started running, pushing, jumping the security barrier and the scene was of uncontrollable chaos. By the time, we reached the main entrance; the stadium was full and closed for the public. It was drizzling and we were disappointed. There were many people like us outside the Gate.
We came to see the show but won’t be able to go inside. When we thought to leave the place, an army officer again came and helped us to go inside and arranged a place for us. The show has already started. However, from that point we could hardly see anything. We captured some moments in the Handy cam and became an instant hit in the crowd, since no one was able to see anything – whatever they enjoyed, they enjoyed through the view finder. After 20 minutes, it was raining heavily and we decided to leave the place; the show was still going on with the same unhealthy spirit.
We were completely wet but rain has stopped by then. This time, we were in no hurry to reach the stadium for the show and have enough time to reach our Hotel. We went near to the fence and saw the border. Except the fencing, everything is so similar. The other part of the fence was also a part of India before partition few decades ago and there was no border.
Today I wonder the need of that show. Yes, we are the craziest people on Earth, including myself. We can go to any length to witness such celebrations. But, we must stop this kind of hatred towards each other, which is totally unwanted, if we really want to develop good relations between these two nations. It is high time we let go of the past.
On our way back to Amritsar, we saw a signboard displaying Attari 2 km. We instantly took a right turn.
Attari
Attari
Attari is a village of Amritsar District in Punjab. It lies on the rail route connecting Lahore, Pakistan with Delhi.
We reached the Attari station. This is the last station on Indian soil and Pakistan is within a distance of 3 km. We were really thrilled when the guard allowed us to enter the station, without any ticket. The station is similar to any other ordinary railway station in India but the importance of this station can’t be measured by its’ look. We roam around the station for nearly one hour and left around 7:30 p.m. By the time the road was free from traffic and we reached Hotel by 9 at night. It was a long but a very good day for us at the same time.
My son had a nice time – too little to understand
We would be leaving Amritsar next morning.
August 16, 2009
It was a Sunday and we would have loved to spend one more day, but had no other option but to leave. After breakfast, we went to the Shrine for a quick prayer and by 10, we left the Hotel for Delhi.
The manager of the Hotel suggested us to have a taste of Patisa and gave us the direction of a famous sweet shop, which is at the other end of the road ‘Judges Colony’. We bought Patisa for everyone from there and packed some snacks for the journey. Patisa is made with a lot of labour as the sugar is crystallized first and then it is made. It has layers over layers over it and it’s really yum to have.
We asked the direction of NH-1 or Chandigarh to one person. However, later on we found ourselves at no man’s land after driving almost an hour through the interior of villages – most probably, again it was our inability to follow the language. However, with the help of some locals, we were back again just before Amritsar around 12 noon. We had our lunch at Amritsar again and reached NH-1 with the help of the restaurant owner.
I really enjoyed driving through Punjab; it was very refreshing. The landscape reminds us about our place as we were about to leave for Home next month for Durga Puja. We just looked at each other when we reached Panipat around 6:00 p.m. and stopped for a break. It was a different story, may be sometime later we will share it through some other post. it took another six hours to reach Delhi from them due to heavy traffic and finally reached home at 1 a.m.
It was a memorable trip, which I will always remember.
thanks sir, many many thanks to this story.
but, i am not agree with some of your point like peace with neighbor country. i dont remember exactly,but i read somewhere— yadi hame shanti se rahna hai to hame ladne ke liye taiyar rahna chahiye. hamare desh me jitni bhi vardaat hoti hain, sabke pichhe pakistan ka haath hai. har bar nai case ke baad ham shanti ki baat karte hain, wo attack ki taiyaari karte hain.
jis desh ki buniyad hi hindustan se nafrat hai, usse dosti kaise ho sakti hai. jalianwala bagh kand is not a proud feeling for me. 15000 person and 50 policemen. they can kill those bastards easily.
back to story—- i am a fan of your story telling . some photos are very nice like cute baby and colored fish.
sorry if my words hurt someone.
again, thanks for the story and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY.
PARVEEN
Tx Praveen for liking & following my post.
I was not at home since morning and just returned, hence this delay in replying.
I sincerely believe that this is not the forum to discuss on this issue, hence, I choose to be silent regarding this. But, I will surely pray & look forward the day when peace will return – believe me this will be good for both the country…
The massacres at Jallianwala Bagh was unpardonable act by the mighty British Force. I have nothing to say more…
Tx…he is a cute boy…now going to be five next month…he still loves fish (his favourite dish, being a Bong)
Happy Independence to you…Take care
Amitava,
Wonderful story telling attributes you have, I must admit. Terrific clicks and excellent synchronization of words. You refreshed my earlier visit back in 2006. A true tribute on a day like today- 15th of August- Indian Independence Day. Bharat Maata Ki Jai. Jai Hind !!
Excellent Golden Temple pic. Loved it. “Wahe Guru Ji da Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji di Fateh”
And do visit Nainital, with your family, this winter/ Diwali season. I truly agree to you that pre planned journeys end up in cancelling tickets. Inform Madhuita Ji to be ready for an unexpected phone call. :P
@Parveen-
Dear, may be you don’t appreciate of entering in to PEACE terms with our neighboring country, but India is a peace loving nation. Its our duty to extend our hand of friendship. You don’t become great by exchanging bullets. Its your ability to forgiveness makes you worth calling an INDIAN. We all are proud to be an Indian.
If you talk about Jaliwanwala Bagh “Kaand”, that’s a black day for India marked due to British. It was not by any fellow neighbour.
As far as power is concerned, History marked uncountable incidents of Indian Army and their glory. We have the World’s largest standing volunteer Army, which defines every argument by itself. Vande Maataram.
@jeet- sir,pichle 65 saal se ham hath badhane ke allava aur kar kya rahe hain ?. aapko lagta hai jahan last 65 saal se kuch nahi hua, vahan ab kuch ho sakta hai. we have no problem with other neighbor country. agar aapko lagta hai mujhe mumbai attack,sansad attack, bombay and delhi blast ( just a few example ) pe proud indian feel karna chahiye than sorry i cant.
i know this is not the right place to discuss these things, but we all love our india and dosti do tarfa hoti hai. sirf hamare haarh badhane se kya hoga.
parveen
Tx Jeet for your review. It really feels great when someone appreciate your efforts. I just returned home, hence this delay – my sincere apology.
The first four photographs were taken January 26, 2012 (I just thought to post these pics since the post was scheduled to be published on August 15) and rest all the photos were taken through my mobile camera (2 mp)…
It was my wish to Nandan to publish this post today and a big ‘Thanks’ to him for that.
I will surely visit Nainitaal, most probably in December (we haven’t seen snow yet)….and most probably, it will also be an unexpected call for her
Look forward to your next post – ‘Ami satti bolchi’, I mean it
Have a nice time…
right post on right day ……..
Tx Mahesh…you are spot on
Look forward to your series on South Africa…
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Tx Manu, please accept my apology for not replying in Hindi…
Yes, you are correct – I need to there once again, may be when Dad is recover fully in a few months’ time
I couldn’t read your interview yet, I will read by tomorrow morning…you are great…yeah, I look forward to Vishal’s post & series as well
Take care
One article has been published in Today’s The Times of India (Page # 12), if you have missed the same, you can read the story by clicking the following link as well:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/At-Rs-40k-rent-income-Bong-family-guards-Jallianwala-Bagh-site/articleshow/15501963.cms?
Jay Hind. Vande Mataram.
Superb Narration , I could not believe that you can be away from sleep for few days unless you have insomnia. That’s unnatural.
Next time go to Wagah Border on not so special occasion and see the flag lowering ceremony it is terrific.
Tx Vishal, for your appreciation
Believe me it’s 100% true…4-5 hours sleep in a day….and I am feeling fresh always…
Look forward to your post on Amritsar & series as well,
Take care
Great post, Amitava. Thank you for posting this blog on this historic day.
August 15, 1947 is undoubtedly one of the most important dates in our history and on this day we should remember the immense sacrifices of the people who fought for making our country free. Nothing could be more appropriate than a visit to the Jallianwala Bagh.
It is also a day for introspection. Yes, we have come a long way in 65 years yet we could have done so much more. What really hurts me is the fact that we still have the largest number of undernourished children in the world. Independence means little for people for whom every day is a struggle for survival; the only change as far as they are concerned is in the colour of the skin of the rulers.
Thanks for taking us to the Golden Temple. You went there as a tourist and returned as a devotee. That is the transcendental power of spirituality.
I totally agree with your sentiments regarding the daily tamasha conducted at Wagah. The carefully choreographed display of jingoism and aggression is absolutely abhorrent to all right thinking people.
Dear DL,
Thank you for your detailed review – I really like your comments, so indepth…and from the heart always…
Thanks to Nandan for publishing this post on this day, which was my wish…and I have a high regard on your review…Tx for liking my post,
Have a nice day, Take care
Hi Amitav,
Very interesting and elaborate post. Perfectly timed….
Personal favourite is Wagha, Golden temple and the market surrounding the golden temple where the only medium of cooking is desi ghee :-)
Thanks,
Auro.
Hi! Auro…Thank you for liking the post
True, in Punjab it is only desi ghee and desi ghee only (for foodies)…and I also love the same…
Have a great day,
Hi Amitava,
On Independence day great to remember Saheeds at Jalianwala Bagh. I also visited so many time there and one time at Wagha Boarder. India is rich countery but large population can not benifit from it. Education and availability of jobs will change life style of people there. As I know British only needs clerks from India and it is same education. 33% pass marks and no respect for blue collar jobs. But now Private Instituations are doing good. Hope one day everything turns good for us.
Thanks
Hi! Surinder,
Thank you for reading & linking the post.
We are sure that day will definitely come in our life…
Have a great day…
Amitava,
A Great tribute to Nation, on the occasion of Independence Day. The write up and pictures both were nice. An interesting post.
Thanks.
Thank you, Mukesh for liking the post, as well as the pictures.
I do a follow your posts and a fan of your writing,
Have a nice day,
Take care,
Very good narration Amitava as always in your posts. Yesterday only my wife were asking me to visit Amritsar in November to celebrate birthday of our son and today I read this wonderful post of yours regarding Amritsar :)
In childhood, once I played role of Udham Singh in a play in my school, who eventually killed Dyer in revenge of Jaliawala Bagh massacre. I am looking forward to see both Jaliawala Bagh and Golden Temple in near future, your post has increased my inclination to visit these places.
Regarding Wagha, I have never heard very good words. Most persons have bad experience like yours only.
Thanks for taking us to Amritsar.
Tx Deependra for liking my post.
It is really good to know that you are planning to go there – I am sure you will enjoy the place and come back with pleasant memories and if you are a food lover, Amrisar will never disappoint you.
Udham Singh was also present during firing and he is one of the greatest freedom fighter – so playing a role of him is actually paying a tribute to our Independence Movement, including him. You will definitely love the place…
Wishing you all the best for future and look forward for your Amritsar post in few months’ time.
Thanks for writing this in time and it was your idea, I just played the medium. :-)
I have similar feelings for the Wagah Show. During our visit, my daughter was less than a year so it was an easy decision for us. :-)
Amitava – you might like this. it came recently here – https://www.ghumakkar.com/2012/07/31/trip-to-the-darbar-sahib-where-the-self-meets-the-soul-i/
Hope you a nice time inbetween…Thank you Nandan…
I may visit Wagah again but not for the show & unless & until there is chance to cross the border by road in future…My son also doesn’t remember anything, except those pictures…so may be once he will grow up – we may go there once again – though no idea by when – we missed few places last time which will definitely be there in our list like Durgiana Temple…and may be some parts of J&K from there…need to find out
It was a nice post by Prashant and there are few more posts as well from Vishal…
I am on my way to post few more (actually I prepared a list and which is not a small one… desparately hunting for old album – so many shifting from one place to another) – hope readers may like them too
Take care, see you soon
Hi Amitan! It was really nice to read about your journey. I am overwhelmed just by reading it. We are planning a visit to Amritsar . Hope it will be as memorable as urs