Chief Minister Raman Singh paid glowing tributes to the great revolutionary and freedom fighter Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh on the eve of his Martyrdom day on Tuesday (December 10).
In his message to the people of the State, he said that that the great warrior of Sonakhan, Veer Narayan Singh was one of the most precious gems of India and Chhattisgarh.
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh was the one who had empathized with the agony of poor people and farmers at the time when famine had struck the villages in year 1856, and he was the one who arranged to take out grain from the warehouses of affluent merchants and distribute it among the famine-affected people, Singh said.
The freedom fighter had also led the first Indian freedom struggle in Chhattisgarh and sacrificed his life for the cause.
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh was publicly executed by British Government on December 10, 1857 at Jai Stambh Chowk of Raipur. He sacrificed his life for the freedom of the country, Singh said.