December 2025

Thapars

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

The Brutal Jallianwala Bagh massacre conducted by the General Reginald Dyer resulted in over 2500 injuries and 1000 deaths.

Winston Churchill condemned

Winston Churchill condemned the act as "a monstrous event an event which stood in singular and sinister isolation".

Rudyard welcomed massacre

Famous poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling hailed at General Dyer as "the man who saved India". Kipling even started a benefit fund by the name of General Dyer Fund that raised about 26,000 pounds (₹31,54,892 as of 2025) and presented to Dyer around his return to Britain the same year.

Backed by Lord Chelmsford

Dyer backed by Governor Sir Michael O Dwyer and the colonial government of India headed by Lord Chelmsford.

Dewan Bahadur Kunj Thapar of Lahore

One of the prominent person who admired General Dyer was Dewan Bahadur Kunj Behari Thapar of Lahore.

Golden Temple Management

The Golden Temple Management (Predecessor of SGPC) presented Dyer a Kirpan (sword) and a Siropa (turban) along with rs 1.75 lakhs contributed by Kunj Bihari Thapar, Umar Hayat Khan, Chaudhary Gajan Singh and Rai Bahadur Lal chand.

As Commission Agents

The Thapar family was newly wealthy making their fortune in trade during the First World War as Commission agents for the colonial British Indian Army.

Behari Thapar awarded the Most Excellent order

Kunj Behari Thapar did everything necessary to please his colonial Masters to keep his hold in the British Indian Army. His loyalty during the Jallianwala Bagh crisis was rewarded with the most excellent order of the British Empire in 1920.

Family tree

Singhs

Bio

Shobha Singh, was the son of Sujan Singh of Village Hudali in Khushab, Shahpur District in today's Pakistan.

Identified Bhagat singh

Shobha Singh was a fitness in the assembly bomb explosion incident on April 8th 1929.

He identified Bhagat Singh and Bhatukeshwar Dutt and subsequently on Shobha Singh's testimony Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajaguru were sent to gallows.

Contractors Suman and Sobha

Suman Singh and Shobha Singh were accepted as senior grade contractors in building contracts of Lutyens' Delhi were given out to them.

Hardinge's plan to shift capital

This was done when Hardinge, the Viceroy of Bharat announced the plan to move the British capital city to Delhi from Calcutta.

Sobha Singh, sole uneducated builder

For the South Block and the War Memorial Arch, the uneducated Sobha singh was the sole builder. He bought several extensive sites at as little as ₹2 per square yard, because of which he came to be described as Aadi Delhi da malik. He was knighted in 1944 birthday Honors.

Sardar Ujjal Singh

The younger brother Sardar Ujjal Singh later became a parliamentarian and also governor of Tamil Nadu.

Singhs = Thapars = Congress

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