Vishwanath Vaishampayan was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
17 Facts About Vishwanath Vaishampayan
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan was trained in marksmanship by Azad and was one of the HRA members who had learned to make bombs.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan was assigned with the task of evaluating the possibility of freeing Bhagat Singh from Lahore jail.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan managed to contact Bhagat Singh but the latter didn't have any intention of escaping from the jail.
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Sukhdev Raj's foot was hit by a splinter and he rushed to the bungalow to inform others while Vishwanath Vaishampayan stayed with Vohra.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan peeled some oranges for Vohra to sip but the latter died soon, wishing before death that Bhagat Singh should be rescued soon.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan played some flute notes as a predetermined signal for Bhagat Singh but the latter didn't pay any heed and the team had to return.
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Azad and Vishwanath Vaishampayan started to operate from Allahabad and Kanpur.
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The police was patrolling Kanpur station because someone had tipped them off that Azad and Vishwanath Vaishampayan were wearing Ludhiana shawls and will alight at the Kanpur station.
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Azad gave orders to Vishwanath Vaishampayan to escape but if there is a fight, both of them should fight till the last bullet.
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On 11 February 1931, police arrested Vishwanath Vaishampayan who fell prey to a scheme devised by Veerbhadra Tiwari and Shivcharan Lal.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan was tried in multiple cases like the Gwalior conspiracy and Delhi Conspiracy Commission.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan served imprisonment of varying terms in the jails of Kanpur, Nainital, and Delhi before getting released on 19 March 1939.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan devoted himself to writing and translating of works of Indian authors like Prabhavati Saraswati and Hari Narayan Apte.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan worked with the daily 'Mahakoshal' in Raipur for 8 years.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan wrote a book on Azad but his desire to write a book on Bhagwati Charan Vohra remained unfulfilled.
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Vishwanath Vaishampayan was survived by his wife, Lalila Vaishampayan, and two daughters.