Udham Singh (26 December 1899 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary, best known for

assassinating Michael O'Dwyer on 13 March 1940 in what has been described as an avenging of
the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.[1] Singh is a prominent figure of the Indian independence struggle.
He is sometimes referred to as Shaheed-i-Azam Sardar Udham Singh (the expression "Shaheed-iAzam," Urdu: , means "the great martyr"). A district(Udham Singh Nagar) of Uttarakhand is
named after him.

Singh was born Sher Singh on 26 December 1899, at Sunam in the Sangrur district of Punjab, India,
to a Dalit Sikh farming family.[2]His father, Sardar Tehal Singh Jammu (known as Chuhar Singh
before taking the Amrit), was a railway crossing watchman in the village of Upalli. [citation needed] His mother
died in 1901, and his father in 1907.[citation needed]
After his father's death, Singh and his elder brother, Mukta Singh, were taken in by the Central
Khalsa Orphanage Putlighar inAmritsar. At the orphanage, Singh was administered
the Sikh initiatory rites and received the name of Udham Singh. He passed his matriculation
examination in 1918 and left the orphanage in 1919. [citation needed]