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CAPT. KANWAL SINGH DALAL, THE PROMINENT FREEDOM FIGHTER, HAILED FROM VILLAGE: MANDOTHI DISTT.: JHAJJAR HARYANA. HE HELD A HIGH POSITION IN I.N.A. HE WAS THE FIRST MAN FROM HARYANA WHO JOINED INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY IN 1941 AND FOUGHT FOR NATIONAL FREEDOM UNDER NETA JI SHUBASH CHANDRA BOSE . NETAJI WAS VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH HIS WORK AND HE KEPT HIM AS HIS A.D.C. FROM 1942 TO 1943. LATER ON IN 1943 IN THE COMPANY OF NETAJI HE LEFT GERMANY FOR JAPAN AND REACHED TOKYO. AS NETAJI TRUSTED HIM VERY MUCH , SO IN JAPAN HE WAS DEPUTED SECRET SERVISES MISSION IN INDIA.
LIFE SKETCH
CAPT. KANWAL SINGH DALAL VILLAGE: MANDOTHI DISTT. JHAJJAR HARYANA. EDUCATED IN K.G.R.I.M. SCHOOL , AJMER AND AWARDED THE HIGHEST CERTIFICATE OF THAT INSTITUTION. HE JOINED THE 2ND ROYAL LANCER'S IN THE YEAR 1940. IMMIDIATELY AFTER HIS JOINING HIS UNIT WAS MOBILIZED AND HE ALONG WITH HIS UNIT WAS SENT OVER SEAS (MIDDLE EAST) TO FIGHT ON THE LIBIYAN FRONT. AFTER A STAY AND TRAINING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHES HE ALONG WITH HIS UNIT WAS TAKEN A PRISNOR OF WAR, ON THE 8TH OF APRIL 1941 BY THE GERMAN AFRICAN CORPS NEAR MACHLEI IN THE 1ST ENCOUNTER ON THE LIBYAN FRONT AFTER BEING TAKEN PRISNOR HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO GERMANY AS PRISNOR OF WAR ( P.O.W.) ON HIS ARRIVAL IN GERMANY HE CAME TO KNOW OF NATAJI'S PRESENCE THERE AND OF HIS ACTIVITIES OF RAISING THE I.N.A BEING SYMPATHATIC TO I.N.A AND IT'S AIMS, HE VOLUNTEERED HIM SELF FOR IT THE 1ST APPORTUNITY i.e. IN DECOMBER 1941. AFTER UNDER GOING TWO MONTH'S XTENSIVE MILITARY TRAINING AT I.N.A MEZRIT CAMP HE WAS SELECTED BY NETAJI FOR SECRET SERVICE TRAINING. IMMADINTELY AFTER HIS SELECTION HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO BERLIN TWO UNDERGO SECRET SERVICE TRAINING AT GERMAN SECRET SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF GERMAN GESTAPO THERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF 2nd LIEUT. WHILE HE WAS STILL UNDER TRAINING THERE.
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING HE WAS ORDERED BY NETAJI TO PROCEED TO JAPAN, AS IT WAS CONSIDRED NECESSARY FOR HIS FUTURE ACTIVITIES. IN COMPLIANCE OF NETAJI'S ORDERS HE LEFT EUROPE IN THE MONTH OF 1943 FOR JAPAN BY A GERMAN NAVAL SHIP E.S.OZERNO FROM FRENCH PORT. HE REACHED JAPAN BY THE SAME SHIP IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND MET NETAJI THERE WHO HAD ALREADY ARRIVED THERE BEFORE HIM. AFTER A STAY OF MONTH THERE IN JAPAN HE CAME TO SINGAPORE AND JOINED I.N.A. THERE AGAIN. FROM SINGAPORE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PENANG ISLAND, FOR FURTHER SECRET SERVICE TRAINING AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.
ON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING HE WAS FINALLY SMUGGLED IN INDIA IN THE MONTH DECEMBER 1943 BY A JAPANIES SUBMARINE ON THE COAST OF HUJRAT KATHIAWAR NEAR DWARKA TO WORK AS A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF NETAJI WITH WIRELESS CQUIPMENTS FOR SECRET SERVICE WORK. ON HIS ARRIVAL IN INDIA HE LOCATED HIS WIRELESS SET IN BOMBAY AND STARTED HIS WORK WITH THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE OF THE UNDER GROUND MOVEMENT OF INDIA AND TO COLLECT MILITARY, ECONOMICAL, STRATEGICAL AND POLITICAL INFORMATION FOR THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY AND TRANSMIT THEM TO THE I.N.A. HEADQUARTERS IN RANGOON BY WIRELESS DAILY FOR MILITARY USE.
HE CONTACTED UNDER GROUND WORKERS OF ACHHUT PATWARDHAN AND RAM MANOHAR LOHIA GROUPS OF UNDERGROUND WORKERS IN BOMBAY AND WORKED WITH THEM FOR SIX MONTHS.IN BOMBAY HE CARRIED ON HIS ACTIVITIES QUITE PEACEFULLY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT WAS FINALLY ARRESTED BY THE BOMBAY C.I.D AFTER BEING BETRAYED BY HIS MUSLIM COMPANION JANN MOHAMMED CHANIYA AS HE DIVULGED ALL SECRETS TO THE BOMBAY C.I.D. IMMIDIATELY AFTER HIS ARREST HE WAS BROUGHT TO DELHI FOR INTERROGATION BY THE CENTRAL C.I.D AT HOME DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.AFTER A BRIEF CUSTODY IN DELHI HE WAS SENT TO LAHORE SHAHI FORT ( POPULARLY KNOWN AS BUTCHER HOUSE OF INDIA ) WHERE HE WAS MOST INHUMNLY TREATED AND TORTURED BY THE PUNJAB C.I.D IN THE COURSE OF INTERROGATION. AGAIN AFTER A STAY OF SEVEN MONTHS IN THE LAHORE SHAHI FORT HE WAS BROUGHT TO DELHI JAIL FOR TRAIL.
HE WAS TRIED IN CAMERA WITH-IN THE PREMISES OF DELHI JAIL BY THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL PRESENTED OVER BY MR. C.M. ORMORED , THE SPECIAL JUDGE OF INDIA. THERE WERE TWO CHARGES AGAINST HIM , i.e. ENEMY AGENT ORDINANCE 3 OF 1942 AND SECTION 121 OF I.P.C THAT IS WAGING WAR AGAINST THE KING. AS HIS TRIAL BEING A MOCK TRIAL , BOTH THE CHARGES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVED AGAINST HIM AND HE WAS CONDEMNED TO DEATH UNDER ENEMY AGENT ORDINANCE AND WAS AWARDED LIFE IMPRISONMENT UNDER SECTION 121 I.P.C. HIS APPEAL WAS REJECTED BY HIGH COURT , BY FEDRAL COURT , AND BY PRIVY COUNCIL AS WELL. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED ON THE 14th OF NOVEMBER 1945, BUT THE TIMELY INTERVENTION OF MAHATMA GANDHI JI AND PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU JI ON HIS BEHALF SAVED HIM FROM THE GALLOWS.DUE TO THE REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH OF THEM HIS DEATH SENTENCE WAS COMMUTED TO TRANSPORTATION FOR LIFE BY THE THEN GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA UNDER HIS PREROGATIVE POWERS.
AFTER THE COMMUTTION OF HIS DEATH SENTENCES HE WAS SENT TO LAHORE JAIL FROM WHERE HE WAS RELEASED ON THE 5th. OF NOVEMBER 1946, AS HIS REMAINING SENTENCE WERE REMMITTED BY THE INTERIM GOVT. OF INDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS RELEASE, HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE I.N.A. RELIEF & ENQUIRY COMMITTEE DELHI AREA AS I.N.A. WELFARE OFFICER.
ON THE 6th. OF MAY HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT COMMANDER N.V.C. ROHTAK WITH THE HONRARY RANK OF D.S.P. IN THAT CAPACITY HE RAISED AND TRAINED A FORCE OF ONE THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE GOVT. IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPARTING ARMS TRAINING TO NEARLY SIX THOUSANDS CIVILIANS UNDER THE VILLAGE DEFENCE SCHEME.
GENERAL INFORMATION
CAPT. KANWAL SINGH DALAL, THE PROMINENT FREEDOM FIGHTER, HAILED FROM VILLAGE: MANDOTHI DISTT.: JHAJJAR HARYANA. HE HELD A HIGH POSITION IN I.N.A. HE WAS THE FIRST MAN FROM HARYANA WHO JOINED INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY IN 1941 AND FOUGHT FOR NATIONAL FREEDOM UNDER NETA JI SHUBASH CHANDRA BOSE . NETAJI WAS VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH HIS WORK AND HE KEPT HIM AS HIS A.D.C. FROM 1942 TO 1943. LATER ON IN 1943 IN THE COMPANY OF NETAJI HE LEFT GERMANY FOR JAPAN AND REACHED TOKYO. AS NETAJI TRUSTED HIM VERY MUCH , SO IN JAPAN HE WAS DEPUTED SECRET SERVISES MISSION IN INDIA.
LIFE SKETCH
CAPT. KANWAL SINGH DALAL VILLAGE: MANDOTHI DISTT. JHAJJAR HARYANA. EDUCATED IN K.G.R.I.M. SCHOOL , AJMER AND AWARDED THE HIGHEST CERTIFICATE OF THAT INSTITUTION. HE JOINED THE 2ND ROYAL LANCER'S IN THE YEAR 1940. IMMIDIATELY AFTER HIS JOINING HIS UNIT WAS MOBILIZED AND HE ALONG WITH HIS UNIT WAS SENT OVER SEAS (MIDDLE EAST) TO FIGHT ON THE LIBIYAN FRONT. AFTER A STAY AND TRAINING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHES HE ALONG WITH HIS UNIT WAS TAKEN A PRISNOR OF WAR, ON THE 8TH OF APRIL 1941 BY THE GERMAN AFRICAN CORPS NEAR MACHLEI IN THE 1ST ENCOUNTER ON THE LIBYAN FRONT AFTER BEING TAKEN PRISNOR HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO GERMANY AS PRISNOR OF WAR ( P.O.W.) ON HIS ARRIVAL IN GERMANY HE CAME TO KNOW OF NATAJI'S PRESENCE THERE AND OF HIS ACTIVITIES OF RAISING THE I.N.A BEING SYMPATHATIC TO I.N.A AND IT'S AIMS, HE VOLUNTEERED HIM SELF FOR IT THE 1ST APPORTUNITY i.e. IN DECOMBER 1941. AFTER UNDER GOING TWO MONTH'S XTENSIVE MILITARY TRAINING AT I.N.A MEZRIT CAMP HE WAS SELECTED BY NETAJI FOR SECRET SERVICE TRAINING. IMMADINTELY AFTER HIS SELECTION HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO BERLIN TWO UNDERGO SECRET SERVICE TRAINING AT GERMAN SECRET SERVICE TRAINING SCHOOL UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF GERMAN GESTAPO THERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF 2nd LIEUT. WHILE HE WAS STILL UNDER TRAINING THERE.
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING HE WAS ORDERED BY NETAJI TO PROCEED TO JAPAN, AS IT WAS CONSIDRED NECESSARY FOR HIS FUTURE ACTIVITIES. IN COMPLIANCE OF NETAJI'S ORDERS HE LEFT EUROPE IN THE MONTH OF 1943 FOR JAPAN BY A GERMAN NAVAL SHIP E.S.OZERNO FROM FRENCH PORT. HE REACHED JAPAN BY THE SAME SHIP IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND MET NETAJI THERE WHO HAD ALREADY ARRIVED THERE BEFORE HIM. AFTER A STAY OF MONTH THERE IN JAPAN HE CAME TO SINGAPORE AND JOINED I.N.A. THERE AGAIN. FROM SINGAPORE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PENANG ISLAND, FOR FURTHER SECRET SERVICE TRAINING AND WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.
ON COMPLETION OF HIS TRAINING HE WAS FINALLY SMUGGLED IN INDIA IN THE MONTH DECEMBER 1943 BY A JAPANIES SUBMARINE ON THE COAST OF HUJRAT KATHIAWAR NEAR DWARKA TO WORK AS A PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF NETAJI WITH WIRELESS CQUIPMENTS FOR SECRET SERVICE WORK. ON HIS ARRIVAL IN INDIA HE LOCATED HIS WIRELESS SET IN BOMBAY AND STARTED HIS WORK WITH THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE OF THE UNDER GROUND MOVEMENT OF INDIA AND TO COLLECT MILITARY, ECONOMICAL, STRATEGICAL AND POLITICAL INFORMATION FOR THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY AND TRANSMIT THEM TO THE I.N.A. HEADQUARTERS IN RANGOON BY WIRELESS DAILY FOR MILITARY USE.
HE CONTACTED UNDER GROUND WORKERS OF ACHHUT PATWARDHAN AND RAM MANOHAR LOHIA GROUPS OF UNDERGROUND WORKERS IN BOMBAY AND WORKED WITH THEM FOR SIX MONTHS.IN BOMBAY HE CARRIED ON HIS ACTIVITIES QUITE PEACEFULLY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT WAS FINALLY ARRESTED BY THE BOMBAY C.I.D AFTER BEING BETRAYED BY HIS MUSLIM COMPANION JANN MOHAMMED CHANIYA AS HE DIVULGED ALL SECRETS TO THE BOMBAY C.I.D. IMMIDIATELY AFTER HIS ARREST HE WAS BROUGHT TO DELHI FOR INTERROGATION BY THE CENTRAL C.I.D AT HOME DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.AFTER A BRIEF CUSTODY IN DELHI HE WAS SENT TO LAHORE SHAHI FORT ( POPULARLY KNOWN AS BUTCHER HOUSE OF INDIA ) WHERE HE WAS MOST INHUMNLY TREATED AND TORTURED BY THE PUNJAB C.I.D IN THE COURSE OF INTERROGATION. AGAIN AFTER A STAY OF SEVEN MONTHS IN THE LAHORE SHAHI FORT HE WAS BROUGHT TO DELHI JAIL FOR TRAIL.
HE WAS TRIED IN CAMERA WITH-IN THE PREMISES OF DELHI JAIL BY THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL PRESENTED OVER BY MR. C.M. ORMORED , THE SPECIAL JUDGE OF INDIA. THERE WERE TWO CHARGES AGAINST HIM , i.e. ENEMY AGENT ORDINANCE 3 OF 1942 AND SECTION 121 OF I.P.C THAT IS WAGING WAR AGAINST THE KING. AS HIS TRIAL BEING A MOCK TRIAL , BOTH THE CHARGES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVED AGAINST HIM AND HE WAS CONDEMNED TO DEATH UNDER ENEMY AGENT ORDINANCE AND WAS AWARDED LIFE IMPRISONMENT UNDER SECTION 121 I.P.C. HIS APPEAL WAS REJECTED BY HIGH COURT , BY FEDRAL COURT , AND BY PRIVY COUNCIL AS WELL. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED ON THE 14th OF NOVEMBER 1945, BUT THE TIMELY INTERVENTION OF MAHATMA GANDHI JI AND PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU JI ON HIS BEHALF SAVED HIM FROM THE GALLOWS.DUE TO THE REPRESENTATION FROM BOTH OF THEM HIS DEATH SENTENCE WAS COMMUTED TO TRANSPORTATION FOR LIFE BY THE THEN GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA UNDER HIS PREROGATIVE POWERS.
AFTER THE COMMUTTION OF HIS DEATH SENTENCES HE WAS SENT TO LAHORE JAIL FROM WHERE HE WAS RELEASED ON THE 5th. OF NOVEMBER 1946, AS HIS REMAINING SENTENCE WERE REMMITTED BY THE INTERIM GOVT. OF INDIA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS RELEASE, HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE I.N.A. RELIEF & ENQUIRY COMMITTEE DELHI AREA AS I.N.A. WELFARE OFFICER.
ON THE 6th. OF MAY HE WAS APPOINTED DISTRICT COMMANDER N.V.C. ROHTAK WITH THE HONRARY RANK OF D.S.P. IN THAT CAPACITY HE RAISED AND TRAINED A FORCE OF ONE THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE GOVT. IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER. HE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPARTING ARMS TRAINING TO NEARLY SIX THOUSANDS CIVILIANS UNDER THE VILLAGE DEFENCE SCHEME.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Late. Capt.KANWAL SINGH DALAL belongs to village MANDOTHI Distt. JHAJJAR.124507.haryana.he was a great warrior of INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY(FREEDOM FIGHTER) and personal A.D.C.of our Great leader of freedom fighters Late.NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE. |
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