Sri Dev Suman born as Sri Dutt Badoni (25 May 1916 – 25 July 1944) was a social activist and freedom fighter from princely state
Tehri Garhwal
Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 618, 931 (2011 census), a 2.35% increase over the previous decade. It is the 7th ranked dist ...
of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
India. Currently District
Tehri
New Tehri is a city and a municipal board in Tehri Garhwal District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of Tehri Garhwal District. This urban municipality area has 11 wards, from Vidhi Vihar to Vishwakarma ...
of
Uttarakhand India.
Early life
Suman hailed from Tehri District of the Indian state of
Uttarakhand. He was born at Jaul village patti Bamund near the ''chamba'' city of
Tehri Garhwal
Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 618, 931 (2011 census), a 2.35% increase over the previous decade. It is the 7th ranked dist ...
.
Independence movement
During the
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947.
The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal. ...
, Suman advocated that Tehri Riyasat be free from the rule of
King of Garhwal. He was an admirer of
Gandhi and practiced
nonviolence to struggle for the freedom of Tehri.
During his fight with the King of Tehri, Bolanda Badri, (speaking
Badrinath
Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. A Hindu holy place, it is one of the four sites in India's Char Dham pilgrimage and is also part of India's Chota Char Dham pilgrimage circuit. It ...
), he demanded complete independence for Tehri.
On 30 December 1943, he was declared a rebel and arrested by Tehri kingdom. In jail, Suman was tortured, heavily shackled, ate food hand is jailer Mohan Singh and others mixed with sand or stone. He started a
hunger strike. Jail staff tried to force him to eat, without success. After 209 days in prison and on hunger strike for 84 days, Sri Dev Suman died on 25 July 1944
His corpse was thrown into the
Bhilangna River without a funeral.
References
Sri Dev Suman Biography
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1916 births
1944 deaths
Indian independence activists from Uttarakhand
People from Tehri Garhwal district