| abstract | - Shaheed Udham Singh (Punjabi: ਉਧਮ ਸਿੰਘ Hindi:उधम सिंह् udham singh;) (December 26, 1899 – July 31, 1940) was born as Sher Singh; he belonged to Jammu clan of Kamboj lineage. He was a Sikh, a Punjabi Marxist and a nationalist mostly known for assassinating Sir Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940 in what has been described as an avengement of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre. At one time Singh also went by the name Ram Mohammed Singh Azad, a name which united names associated with the three major religions of India: Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. 'Ram' is God's name in Hinduism; 'Mohammed' is the name of the Prophet; 'Singh' is the name given to all baptised Sikh males and 'Azad' mean independent. Singh, one of the best-known of the more extremist revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle, is also sometimes referred to as Shaheed-i-Azam Sardar Udham Singh (the expression "Shaheed-i-Azam" means "king of martyrs"). Along with Bhagat Singh, Udham Singh is also believed to be one of the earliest Marxists/Bolsheviks in India. Whilst living in England in 1940, Singh shot dead Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who had been Governor of the Punjab at the time of the Amritsar Massacre, when General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer ordered British troops to fire on unarmed peaceful Indian protesters in Punjab, mostly Sikhs.
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