१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

KUMAR SINGH AND AMAR SINGH
But, one fact is most significant in this pursuit : the num-
ber of Sikhs that fell on that day was only nine. It sub-
stantiates most thoroughly the tradition that Kumar
Singh was in the habit of issuing strict injunctions to spare
as many lives as could be spared of the Indian people even
though they were on the enemy's side, while there should
be no mistaken mercy shown to the foreign foe. In the
first outbreak of the Revolution, many of the Babus of
Bengal were made prisoners, for joining the English side,
by Kumar's men ; but he not only released them but sent
them without harm on elephants to the city of Patna
where they wished to go. When the Sepoys determined to
burn down all government papers written in English, it
was Kumar who stopped them from doing so, as "other-
wise, after the English were driven out of the country, there
would be no proof of the rights of the people, and no evid-
ence to determine the amount due from one party to
the other.
Having vanquished his foe thus completely and thorough-
ly, the old chief, Rana Kumar Singh, entered again his
palace of Jagadishpur on the 23rd of April, crowned with
fresh laurels and a fresh fame !
This was his last entrance, for no more will Kumar Singh
re-enter on the stage of the world. The wound caused by
the amputation of his hand proved mortal and, on the
26th day of April, the third day after his latest victory,
the great Rana died in his own palace. He died on an
independent throne and under the flag of freedom. The
day he died, it was not the Union Jack of the British Isles
but the Golden Banner of a free and liberated nation, the
triumphant symbol of his Desh and Dharma, that was
waving radiant over the palace of Jagadishpur. It was
under the cool shade of this banner that he died. What
nobler death can a Rajput long for ?
7. Arya Kîti by Rajani Kanta Gupta of Bengal.
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