11 Facts About Hemu Kalani

Hemandas Kalani was a revolutionary during the Indian independence movement.

Hemu Kalani was a leader of Swaraj Sena, a student organisation which was affiliated with All India Students Federation.

Hemu Kalani was one of the youngest revolutionaries to be martyred for the nation's freedom struggle, being executed by the British colonial authorities when he was only 19, two months before his 20th birthday.

Hemu Kalani was born in a Sindhi family at Sukkur in Sind Division of Bombay Presidency in British India on 23 March 1923.

Hemu Kalani was son of Pesumal Kalani and Jethi Bai.

Hemu Kalani was drawn to revolutionary activities and started participating in acts of protests with the aim of driving out the British from the Indian subcontinent.

Hemu Kalani joined Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India movement when it was started in 1942.

Hemu Kalani was caught, imprisoned, and tortured by the Indian Imperial Police in an attempt to get him to reveal the names of his co-conspirators.

Hemu Kalani refused to divulge any information, was put on trial and sentenced to death.

Hemu Kalani again refused to pass on the information and he was hanged on 21 January 1943.

Hemu Kalani has been unfortunately largely forgotten in Pakistan, being entirely absent from history books, except from the Sindh Province in Pakistan where he was born and raised in.