A Park in Dilshad Garden named after eminent revolutionary and freedom fighter Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali
Due to the untiring efforts and initiatives of the municipal councillor and and chairman of the East Delhi Municipal Council Veer Singh Panwar, originally from Garhwal, Uttarakhand – the park near the crossing adjacent to the telephone exchange in Dilshad Garden has been named after eminent revolutionary and freedom fighter Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali, the hero of Peshawar episode when in 1930 he refused the orders of General Rickett to fire on unarmed Pathan freedom fighters led by the Frontier Gandhi – Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan facing stringent court Martial and solitary life imprisonment for several years.
The inauguration of this park in the name of eminent revolutionary and freedom fighter Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali was done by the Mayor of East Delhi Municipal Corporation Shyam Sundar Aggrawal in the presence of the chairman of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation standing committee – Veer Singh Panwar, chairman of Ward Committee Pravesh Sharma and several social activists and local residents.
It may be recalled that eminent revolutionary and freedom fighter Chandra Singh Garhwali’s tales of immense bravery and fighting spirit against the imperialist Britishers and their Army officers, disobeying their orders risking their own lives and saving lives of hundreds of unarmed Pathan freedom fighters in 1930 at Peshawar will be remembered and inspire our present n future generations.
The local residents of Dilshad Garden have expressed their gratefulness to Veer Singh Panwar and the East Delhi Municipal Council including the Mayor for naming the park in the name of the legendary freedom fighter Chandra Singh Garhwaliji whose immense sacrifice led to sparkling further the freedom struggle against neo colonialist Britishers finally India achieving freedom from the 200 year domination of British imperialists.
Last year the chairman of standing Committee Veer Singh Panwar had helped in naming a road of Dilshad Garden as Uttarakhand Sangam. Thanks to his immense contribution said Pawan Maithani, former general Secretary of Garhwal Hiteshini Sabha.
Late Shri Chandra Singh Garhwali was a person of grit and gutts and with these virtues he did not hesitate to do what was at the time of Peshawar kand. Fearless as he was he refused to obey orders to shoot armless and peaceful people. A revolutionary in core sense. For this act of disobedience he was sent to Kalapani.
A very well done by Shri Pawar.
JP DHAUNDIYAL