Jaidev Kapoor: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Indian revolutionary (1908-1994)}}

| name       = Jaidev Kapoor

| birth_date = {{birth year|1908}}

| birth_place = [[Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh]], India

| death_date = {{death-date and age|19 September 1994|1908}}

| education   = D.A.V. College,Kanpur and Banaras College

| known_for   = Joined Hindustan Republican Association, Participant of the meeting of revolutionaries

'''Jaidev Kapoor''' was born on [[Diwali]] eve in 1908. As a teenager, he was interested to join the '[[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]]' and later he joined and met [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]] and became a comrade of [[Bhagat Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Real Heroes |url=https://shibham.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/our-real-heroes-51-jaidev-kapoor/ |website=Shibham |publisher=Shibham}}</ref>

While studying in [[DAV College, Kanpur|D.A.V. College]] in [[Kanpur]], he, along with [[Shiv Verma]], joined [[Hindustan Republican Association]] formed by [[Sachindra Nath Sanyal]]. A few years later (1925–27), Jaidev was entrusted with the task of developing the revolutionary network in [[Banaras]]. Accordingly, he enrolled for the B.Sc course in the [[Banaras Hindu University]]. Bhagat Singh stayed in the Limbdy ([[Limbdi]]) hostel with him for several days.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Day to Remember |url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1283.html |website=Mainstream Weekly}}</ref>

Jaidev was a participant in the now famous meeting of revolutionaries operating all over India which was held in the ruins of [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] on September 8–9, 1928. In this meeting, it was decided that [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] would have two wings, one administrative and one military. Jaidev was part of the military wing. He received training in manufacturing bombs in [[Agra]].

Jaidev played an important role in the assembly bombing as a protest against the Trade Dispute Bill and the [[Public Safety Bill]]. He declared himself to be a student of economics studying at [[Zakir Husain Delhi College|Delhi College]] and got permission to use the assembly library. He soon managed to form an acquaintance with a vigilance officer who helped him to get sanction letters for visiting the assembly. He used to take his associates for inspection of the assembly building.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaheed Diwas: Lesser known stories about Bhagat Singh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/shaheed-diwas-lesser-known-stories-of-bhagat-singh/articleshow/63428096.cms |website=Times Of India}}</ref>

The famous hat-bearing photograph of Bhagat Singh was taken a few days prior to the assembly bombing. Jaidev had made the arrangements in the studios of [[Ramnath]] Photographers at [[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi|Kashmiri Gate]] in [[Delhi]].

Kapoor, [[Shiv Verma]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]] had planned to assassinate the then [[Viceroy]] of India, [[Lord Irwin]], when he would attend a dinner and banquet party hosted by the I.C.S officers. Rajguru was the spotter, Jaidev was supposed to hurl a bomb at Irwin's car and Shiv Verma was the backup: if Jaidev had missed, Shiv would throw another bomb. That night, the Viceroy sent his car to drop three women somewhere. Rajguru noticed this and he didn't give any signal but was later praised by all the revolutionaries for avoiding the indiscriminate assassinations.<ref>{{cite web |title=ऐसे थे भगत सिंह के मित्र डॉ.गया प्रसाद कटियार : बाहर दवाखान, अंदर चलाते थें बम बनाने की फैक्ट्री |url=http://www.buddhadarshan.com/revolutionary-gaya-prasad-katiyar-created-a-bomb-for-bhagat-singh/ |website=Buddha Darshan}}</ref>

After the environment in Delhi heated up after the assembly bombings, the bomb factory was shifted to [[Saharanpur]] by Jaidev, Shiv and [[Gaya Prasad Katiyar]] and others. Their plan was to run the bomb factory in the guise of a dispensary. Shiv and Jaidev were the compounders. [[Kishori Lal]], [[Sukhdev]] and others were also present. The lack of funds and the movements of these three soon made the locals and the police suspicious. Soon, [[Mathura Dutt Joshi]], the [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] ordered a raid on the factory and all were arrested. They were then sent to [[Lahore]] and tried under the infamous Lahore Conspiracy Case. He was sent to the [[Cellular Jail|Kala Pani]]. He expressed the desire to meet [[Bhagat Singh]] and other associates for last time. Bhagat Singh handed over his brand new shoes to Jaidev saying that the police would take them anyway, at least, Jaidev could use them. Jaidev preserved them as a souvenir. Jaidev was released after 16 years (just a couple of years before India attained independence).{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Jaidev died on September 19, 1994.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}