An event that no one knows about it.
The only incident in India was when the British simultaneously hanged 52 revolutionaries on the tamarind(इमली) tree. Still, the leftists kept such a big event of history covered in the darkness of oblivion to date.
Bavani Tamarind(इमली) is a famous tamarind tree located in the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Also, a martyr memorial in India. On 28th April 1858, Gautam Kshatriya, Jodha Singh Ataiya, and their fifty-one companions were hanged on this tamarind tree. This monument is located on Mughal Road, three kilometers west of Bindki tehsil headquarter near Khajua town in Bindki subdivision of Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
Bavani Tamarind Tree
This memorial is a symbol of the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters. On 28th April 1858, the British army hanged fifty-two freedom fighters on a tamarind tree. This tamarind tree still exists. People believe that after that massacre, the growth of that tree stopped.
On 10th May 1857, when independence was conjured in Barrackpore Cantonment, on 10th June 1857, the revolutionaries in Fatehpur also stepped in this direction, which Jodha Singh Ataya led. Fatehpur Deputy Collector Hikmat Ulla Khan was also his associate. These heroes first took the Fatehpur court and the treasury in their possession. The fire of freedom was burning in the mind of Jodha Singh Ataya for a long time. He was related to Tatya Tope. To liberate the motherland, they fought with the British on the banks of river Pandu. After the face-to-face battle, the English army fled the field. These heroes buried their flag in Kanpur.
The flame of Jodha Singh's mind did not subside even after this. On 27th Oct 1857, they burnt an English officer and a constable in the village of Mahmudpur while staying in a house. On 7th Dec 1857, he attacked the Gangapar Ranipur police post and killed a British corpse. Jodha Singh organized the revolutionaries of Awadh and Bundelkhand and captured Fatehpur as well.
Seeing the convenience of transportation, the revolutionaries made Khajuha their center. Colonel Pavel, going from Prayag to Kanpur on the information of a traitor informer, attacked the revolutionary army gathered at this place. Colonel Powell wanted to break this stronghold, but Jodha Singh's plan was perfect. He resorted to guerrilla warfare, killing Colonel Powell. Now the British sent a new consignment of the army under the leadership of Colonel Neil. Due to this, the revolutionaries had to bear heavy losses. But even after this, Jodha Singh's morale did not diminish. He planned the organization of the army, the collection of arms, and the collection of funds afresh. For this, he started migrating in disguise, but it was the misfortune of the country that, along with the heroes, traitors also flourished here. When Jodha Singh returned to Khajuha after discussing with the Ataya Argal king, he was surrounded by the British cavalry near village Ghorha on the information of an informer. Only after a short struggle was Jodha Singh taken prisoner along with his 51 revolutionary companions.
Memorial place
On April 28, 1858, he was hanged along with his 51 companions on a tamarind tree on Mughal Road by Britishers. But the brutality of the British did not stop here. The British made a statement everywhere that whoever removed the dead body from the tree would also be hanged from that tree. After which, for how many days the dead bodies kept hanging from the trees and the eagles kept eating the vultures. Eventually, Maharaja Bhavani Singh and his companions went and lowered the dead bodies from the tree on 4th June, and the last rites were performed. The tamarind tree (Bavani tamarind) between Bindki and Khajuha is remembered today as the Martyr's Memorial.
