Ludhiana, PUNJAB :

Ludhiana:

Sardar Abhay Singh Sandhu nephew of the great freedom fighter and martyr, Bhagat Singh, said here while talking to media persons that the sacrifices of the families of founding Ulama of Majlis Ahrar-e Islam of Ludhiana are unparalleled in the history of India’s war of independence.

He said “this is the only family which has been continuously fighting against the British from 1857 to 1947.”

He said that there are no two views that the crusader of freedom, Raeesul Ahrar late Maulana Habibur Rahman Ludhianvi, while following in the footsteps of his great grand father Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi was in the forefront of the fight against the British rule.

Sardar Sandhu said that he felt proud that ‘our relationship with this family is very old’. This family helped our family at a time when because of the British, people had been keeping a distance from the family members of Bhagat Singh.

He said that Raeesul Ahrar late Maulana Habibur Rahman Ludhianvi had secretly given shelter to his grand mother (Bhagat Singh’s mother) even at the risk of his own life.

He also said that Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s brother, (late) Sardar Kaltar Singhji greatly respected this family because of this reason. He said that what is needed today is that all the heirs of the crusaders of freedom should once again get united and try to set up a clean and honest political system in the country.

Abhay Singh said that Punjab’s Shahi Imam Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani Ludhianvi deserves congratulations for keeping the traditions of his forefathers alive and he salutes the Shahi Imam who enabled Muslims of Punjab to once again achieve a respectable and high place in the field of politics.

In reply to a question he smilingly said that this Shahi Imam is the pride and glory not only of ours but of the entire Punjab.

source: http://www.milligazette.com / The Milli Gazette / Home> Online News / January 02nd, 2013 (Print edition 16-31 December 2009 )