Personal Profile
Sardar Har Lal Singh was a freedom fighter cum social worker who played a leading role in the Shekhawati farmers’ movement for abolition of the Jagirdari system. He was born in 1901 in the family of Chaudhary Daluram at village Mandasi of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. His father died at the age of 13 years. His entire family was committed to the freedom movement.
His Contribution in Jagirdari Abolition Movement
Sardar Har Lal Singh was put out from his agricultural land and residence by the Jagirdars because of his acts of taking part in the Jagirdari abolition movement. Jagirdars lodged a number of false cases against him but he always succeeded in getting rid of them. The Mandawa thakur attacked him in 1946 in a planned conspiracy. During this a person was murdered and Har Lal Singh’s brother received serious head injuries. All attempts by the Jagirdars could not separate him from the freedom movement, and he continued to lead the farmers and served the farmers through Kisan Sabha and Praja Mandal.
A Family Committed for Freedom
Jagirdars imprisoned Sardar Har Lal Singh in 1938 for one year in two cases against him. During this period his mother Foolan Devi and wife Ramkauri took his place so that the movement is not adversely affected. They took a group of women in year 1939 and reached Jaipur for satyagrah. Both were arrested and put in Jail.
Sardar Har lal’s Achievements
Sardar Har Lal Singh became the President of Praja Mandal. This movement got support from famous Kisan leaders like, Sir Chhotu Ram, Baldev Ram Mirdha, Nathuram Mirdha and Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya. After a long struggle the farmers got rid of oppression and got the ownership rights over the land they were cultivating.
Sardar Ha lal Singh served the farmers through Congress Party after independence also. Har lal Singh later on also became first Chairman of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) in 1957
