Pratap Singh Baharat
Pratap Singh Barhat was an independence activist from Rajasthan. He took a prominent part in the revolutionary movement against British rule in India. He was a son of Kesari Singh Barahath.
Born on 24 May 1893 at Udaipur in Udaipur District of the Indian state of Rajasthan, he joined the Revolutionary Party as a follower of Ras Bihari Bose. He participated in the revolutionary plot to throw a bomb at Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India on 3 December 1912. His uncle Jorawar Singh Barhat was also in that group. He was arrested in the Banaras Conspiracy Case and was sentenced in Feb 1916 to five years RI. He was subjected to brutal torture in Bareilly Central Jail to force him to divulge the names of his compatriots. He refused. He died in the jail on 24 May 1918 as an unsung hero. His famous quote is "I can't let thousands of mother cry to stop my mother crying".
