Martyr of Sindh Hemo Kalani history

Sindhi community pay Tribute
and Salute to Late Amar Saheed
Hemu Kalani, on his 73 death
anniversary.
He was born in Sukkur, Sindh
(now in Pakistan) on 23 March
1923. He joined Mahatma
Gandhi's Quit India movement
when it started in 1942. Support
for the movement in Sindh was
such that the British rulers had to
send special troops consisting of
European battalions. Hemu Kalani
found out that a railway train of
these troops and their supplies
would be passing through his
local town and decided to derail
it by removing the fishplates
from the railway track.
They were seen by the British
troops before being able to
complete the sabotage. Hemu
was caught, imprisoned and
tortured in an attempt to get him
to reveal the names of his co-
conspirators. He refused to
divulge any information, was put
on trial and sentenced to death.
The people of Sindh petitioned
the Viceroy for mercy but the
condition of granting it was that
the authorities must be told the
identity of his co-conspirators. He
again refused to pass on the
information and he was hanged
on 21 January 1943. Jai Jhulelal
Jeay Sindhiyat.