MELA GADHARI BABIAN DA , JALANDHAR , PUNJAB , INDIA -144001

DEDICATED TO MASTER MOTA SINGH , AN OBC FOUNDER OF
THE BABBAR AKALI MOVEMENT IN PRE-INDEPENDENCE PUNJAB

BY : C.L.CHUMBER@GMAIL.COM

THE GADHAR PARTY FOUNDED IN USA IN 1913 AD BY THE INDIANS MAJORITY OF THEM WERE THE PUNJABIS WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH IMPERIALISM .BABA SOHAN SINGH BHAKNA AND DR. LALA HARDYAL WERE ITS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SECRETARY RESPECTIVELY . BABA MANGU RAM MUGGOWALIA AN UNTOUCHABLE WAS ALSO ITS PROMINENT AND DARING LEADER IN USA WHO MIGRATED TO USA IN 1909 AD .

THERE IS A " THE DESH BHAGAT YAADGAR HAAL " MEMORIAL BUILDING AT JALANDHAR CITY , PUNJAB , INDIA WHERE EVERY YEAR SINCE 1992 AD AN ANNUAL MELA IS HELD FOR THREE DAYS WHICH ENDS ON 1ST NOVEMBER .AT PRESENT BABA BHAGAT SINGH BILGA IS PRESIDENT AND COM. NAU NIHAL SINGH IS GENERAL SECRETAY ,THE COMMITEE IS RUNNIND A MUSEUM AND A LIBRARY ALSO .

IN 2005 AD , THE MELA WAS DEDICATED TO BABA MANGU RAM MUGGOWALIA AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WERE HONOURED .A SOUVENIR WAS ALSO RELEASED AND THE ENTIRE PRESS COVERED THAT FUNCTION WITH COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS
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THIS YEAR 17TH MELA ON 30TH OCTOBER TO 1ST NOVEMBER WAS ORGANISED VERY WELL .THIS YEAR THE MELA WAS DEDICATED TO MASTER MOTA SINGH M .L .A . FOUNDER THE BABBAR AKALI , A MILLITANT MOVEMENT WHO FINISHED AN INTERNATIONAL TRECHEROR BELA SINGH JIAAN ( R/O VILL . JIAAN ON HOSHIAR PUR - GARH SHANKAR ROAD NEAR CHABBEWAL TOWN IN PUNJAB ) WHO DISCLOSED THE IDENTITY OF BABA MUGGOWALIA AND HIS FOUR LIEUTINENTS IN MANILA ( PHILPINES ) WHO WERE ORDERED TO BE SHOT DEAD BY THE BRITISHERS BUT THEY WERE ESCAPED WITH THE HELP OF GERMAN EMBASSY AS THE GADHAR PARTY AND GERMAN HAD UNDERSTANDING AGAINST THE BRITISHERS DURING IST WORLD WAR . IN THIS MELA A TOWN WAS NAMED AS MASTER MOTA SINGH NAGAR . THE VILLAGERS OF ANOTHER PROMINENT GADHRITE BABA JAWALA SINGH THATHIAN WERE ALSO HONOURED . INTERESTINGLY THE BOTH MILITANT FREEDOM FIGHTERS BELONG TO THE JHIWAR / KASHYAP RAJPUT AN OTHER BACKWARD CLASS OF INDIA . WE ARE PROUD OF ALL THE MILITANT GADHRITES AND BABBAR AKALIS WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES , FACED RIGROUS IMPRISONMENTS AND THEIR PROPERTIES WERE FOREFIETED BY THE BRITISHER INDIAN GOVERNMENT
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ON 30TH OCTOBER ,2008 , IN THE MELA THERE WAS A SINGING COMPETITION . ON 31ST OCTOBER , THERE WAS QUIZ AND PAINTING COMPETIONS WHICH WERE PARTICIPATED BY STUDENTS OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES . THERE WAS ALSO A POEMS RECITATION PROGRAMME . THE DRAMATIC CLUBS FROM ALL OVER THE PUNJAB ALSO PLAYED DRAMAS UPTO MIDNIGHT . THESE DRAMAS EXPOSED THE SOCIO-RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISTS AS WELL AS THE ANTI-PEOPLE GOVERNMENTS AT STATE AND CENTRE LEVELS .

ON 1ST NOVEMBER , 2008 , PROFESSOR DILBIR KAUR D/O FAMOUS GADHRITE GURMUKH SINGH UNFURLED THE FLAG OF THE GADHAR PARTY .SHE DELIVERED A VERY HEART TOUCHING DARING SPEECH .THE DESH BHAGAT YAADGAR HALL COMMITEE RELEASED THE SOVENIR .THERE WAS ALSO A GRAND BOOKS EXHIBITION . THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT ANNOUNCE EVEN THE LOCAL HOLIDAY ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCASSION AS BEFORE .THE FAMILY OF S. GURDIP SINGH MUTHADDA AND SMT. JOGINDER KAUR MUTHADDA ARRANGED A LANGAR FOR THE THOUSANDS VISITORS FOR THREE DAYS !

THE MELA ENDED IN THE DAWN OF 2ND NOVEMBER , 2008 WITH THE DECLARATION TO FIGHT( 1 ) AGAINST THE IMPERIALISM AND ITS LATEST KIND OF GLOBALISATION . ( 2 ) FOR THE IDEALS OF THE FREDOM FIGHTERS .( 3 ) FOR RESTORATION OF REAL DEMOCRACY , SECULARISM AND WELL GOVERNED THE PANCHAYATI RAJ . ( 4 ) FOR TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET OF EMPLOYMENT TO EVERBODY , EQUAL RIGHTS , COMPULSORY AND FREE EDUCATION . ( 5 ) FOR RESTORATION OF WOMEN EQUALITY TO FULFIL THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE GADHAR PARTY AND THE BABBAR AKALI MOVEMENTS .

THERE IS AN HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COMMUNISTS RECOGNISED THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DALIT REVOLUTIONARY LEDERSHIP IN INDIA AND ABROAD . WE WEL COME AND APPRECIATE THIS REFINED THOUGHT ! MAY LIVE LONG THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF THE GADHRITES , BABBAR AKALIS AND ADI-DHARAMI BABAS TO ESTABLISH EQUALITY , QUALITY , EQUITY , LIBERITY , FRATERNITY AND JUSTICE TO ALL !