August 17, 1909: Veer Savarkar waited outside Pentonville Prison in England to collect the body of a 25-year-old man, who had not been handed over by the British government after his hanging.
This body belonged to the great revolutionary, Madan Lal Dhingra, the son of a wealthy and prosperous family, sent to England to study by his father, a civil surgeon employed by the British government.
But the flame of revolution was such that Madan Lal, along with Veer Savarkar, decided to teach a lesson to Curzon Wyllie, a British army officer who had returned to England in 1901 after committing atrocities in India.
On July 1, 1909, Madan Lal Dhingra shot Curzon Wyllie at a meeting held at the Imperial Institute in England. The British government arrested him and hanged him on August 17, 1909.
Madan Lal was so courageous and fearless that when he was tried in court, he clearly stated, "The British government has no right to prosecute me... I don't respect the laws of the British government that is killing millions of innocent patriots in India and bringing 100 million pounds from India to England every year. Therefore, I will not even give my explanation in this court. Do whatever you want..."
And when he was being taken away after being sentenced to death, he thanked the judge and said, "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to sacrifice my life for my motherland."
And you know what, there is Curzon Road in most of the cities having cantonment established by the British and the name exists till date.
All these roads should be renamed as Madan Lal Dhingra Marg including the one at British Consulate in every city in India
Huge Respect and Salute To Both Madan Lal Dhingra and Veer Savarkar
Heroes Of Pre Independence India
Jai Hind 🇮🇳 🙏 🫡🫡🫡
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They were called Devadasis. Temple dancers. Court performers. Keepers of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi.
Professional artists. Economically independent. Culturally respected for centuries.
Then the British arrived.
Victorian England had two categories for women:
Private = respectable (confined to home)
Public = prostitute (visible in society)
No third option.
When they saw Indian women performing publicly, earning money, moving freely in courts and temples—
Their moral framework short-circuited.
"Women. In public. Earning income. Must be prostitutes."
So they administratively reclassified an entire artistic profession.
Nautch Girl.
Public Woman.
Prostitute.
Three words. Same woman. Degrading with each translation.
Look at the evidence. 🖼️
Their attire. Their instruments. Their posture.
Do they look like what the label claims?
Or do they look like what they were—artists?
The Contagious Diseases Acts followed.
Criminal Tribes Act followed.
Surveillance. Licensing. Rescue missions.
An entire classical tradition moralized out of existence.
Today?
We still say "nautch girl" casually.
Still carry the Victorian stigma.
Still use their vocabulary to describe our artists.
150 years later.
Whose morality are we speaking? 🎭