Arjun Singh Gurjar

Arjun Singh Gurjar (born 1910) at Sirsa, Haryana, was a freedom fighter of India.

Role in Independence of India

He was born in ordinary Gurjar family.Given to simple living and high thinking, Arjun Singh Gurjar parcipated vigorously in the freedom struggle.The financial position of his father, Ram Karan Gujar was not much enough, which created problems in proper arrangements for his education.

Arjun singh Gujar was a self made and hard-working man.He acquired working knowlegde of Hindi.The political atomosphere of the town inspired him and as a result of it he started to attend the public meetings of the congress party which he joined formally during session 1935-36 and became its ACTIVE worker.

Satyagraha & Quit India Movement

His participation and role in the freedom struggle became remarkable.He emerged and gained such a ranking and respected position in the town that he was allowed to court his arrest during the individual satyagraha Movement in 1941 and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment in the district jail, Ferozepore .After release from the jail, he was again arrested in 1942 during the Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi and was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment in the old central jail, Multan .Therefor, he remained in the forefront during the course of the struggle till attainment of freedom.

Shortly after the attainment of freedom, his cherished goal, Arjun Singh Gurjar breathed his last.His selfless service to the national cause commanded respect in the hearts of the people of the India and Sirsa town and he is remembered with deference and affection.