A painful shootout buried in the history of Madhya Pradesh, Lord Fisher had fired indiscriminately on people, know the history

Agency:News18 Madhya Pradesh

Last Updated:January 26, 2025, 11:58 IST

Chhatarpur News: On January 14, 1931, the British opened fire at Charan Paduka Singhpur in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh and martyred hundreds of unarmed people. This incident was like the Jallianwala Bagh incident, in which the water of Urmil river…read more

MP Jallianwala Bagh. Jallianwala Bagh of Madhya Pradesh, where the Urmil river had turned red with the blood of the martyrs.
In fact, on January 14, 1931, in Charan Paduka Singhpur of Chhatarpur district, Colonel Fisher, the political agent of the British government, had repeated the Jallianwala Bagh incident of Punjab. Here unarmed people were fired upon. The water of the Urmil river in Charan Paduka had turned red due to the blood of the martyrs. The leaves of the trees had fallen due to the shower of bullets. Since then Charan Paduka Singhpur is called Jallianwala Bagh of Bundelkhand.

Late the landlord of Charan Paduka Singhpur. Thakur Prasad Tiwari While talking to Local 18, Shravan Tiwari’s son tells that in 1930, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement, people of nearby villages gathered on the banks of Urmil river and held a public meeting against the Madoi tax, grazing tax and tax collected by the British in Bundelkhand. Was doing. But someone gave information about this public meeting to Lord Fisher, the political agent of Naugaon Cantonment. After which Lord Fisher reached Paduka at the foot of Urmil river with his army. Where the British surrounded all the people holding the public meeting from all sides and then started firing indiscriminately. Shravan tells that Lord Fisher had fired 40 rounds of bullets and also did aerial firing.

According to the article by Gilauhan resident Ramdin There is mention of more than 100 people being martyred in the firing of Lord Fisher. However, the people holding the general meeting also carried sticks, axes and spears because they feared that the British might come here. Therefore, with the help of these weapons, one can run away after fighting the British. Ramsingh Parihar of Ragoli snatched the gun of the British and fired the first bullet at Lord Fisher.

After Charan Paduka firing, the British fired bullets in the villages.
Shravan tells that our father Thakur Prasad Tiwari was the landlord here at that time. After the Charan Paduka firing incident, the British also came to our house and told father that you are the landlord here and you did not inform the government about this public meeting. Therefore your house will be looted or your house will be demolished. After this, Sundar Lal Seth was shot in Gilauhan and firing was done in Bamhauri. Two bullets were fired in our house. When there was British rule, we had to pay 1500 rupees of silver as a fine to save the house.

The general meeting was held only with the help of landlord Thakur Prasad Tiwari.
Shravan tells that the landlord Late. Thakur Prasad Tiwari had made arrangements for food and drinks for all the people attending the public meeting against the British government’s tax. Because there was a lot of poverty at that time. There were some other people like father who helped the people holding the public meeting. The general meeting of 14 January 1931 at Charan Paduka Singhpur was presided over by Sarju Prasad Yadav of Gilauhan.

Teacher Hemant Tiwari says that Chhatarpur Collector Hoshiar Singh has paid attention to the development of this historical place of Charan Paduka. It was he who built the martyr memorial and building. MLAs and ministers also come here every year but apart from the construction of a martyr’s memorial, no development has taken place here. Hundreds of people here have sacrificed their lives for the independence of the country. Yet only six are mentioned in the records.