Mercy Petitions of Leaders during British Rule
Thread🧵 Petitions were written by various political prisoners during the British era, asking for mercy or an apology to get released from jail. Here is a list of few (1/n) Lala Har Dayal : 12 OCT 1928 : Hardayal, Gadar party leader, amnesty petition rejected (2/n). Maulavi Khairabadi : Here is Mercy petition of Javed Akhtar's great grandfather Maulavi Khairabadi Link : https://archive.org/details/MaulviFazleHaqKhairabadi Khairabadi had claimed that he is being falsely implicated and the person who actually committed the crime has the same name as his.(3/n) Mercy petition of Amir Chand, Abad Behari, Basant Kumar Biswas and Bal Mokand in delhi lahore conspiracy case. (4/n) Bipin Chandra Pal : Bipin Chandra pal (Congress leader and father of revolutionary thought) had asked for "mercy" And determined to give up all connections with Politics and public life . (5/n) Sachindra Nath Sanyal : Sachindra Nath Sanyal wrote in his book 'Bandhi Jeevan' that he submitted...