How did Madam Bhikaji Cama honoured India in Germany?

Hello friends, how are you all. I hope you are all in good spirits and healthy. Today we are going to get information about a brave women freedom fighter Madam Bhikaji Cama

• from whom the British were afraid of even though she was in abroad.
• the first person to hoist the Indian flag on foreign land in Indian history.
• who used to give speeches against the British without any fear in countries like America and Europe.

So let us get some information about her.

Madam Bhikaji Cama

Who was Madam Bhikaji Cama?

Madam Bhikaji Cama was born on 24 September 1861 in Mumbai to a wealthy Parsi family. She was educated at Alexander Parsi Girls' School. She was very clever in studying. When she was four years old, she heard about the sacrifices of heroic revolutionaries like Rani Lakshmibai, Tatya Tope, and Mangal Pandey.

From childhood, she was awakened to the spirit of serving the country. As she became more understanding, she loved serving the country, helping people, fighting for the country's freedom.

But her father did not liked his daughter to work against the British for the sake of the country. Even though her father refused her, she did not believe her father's words. So his father got his daughter married to Rustam Khurshid Kama of a rich family.

Her husband also did not liked that she was still serving the country even after marriage, because her husband was rich and fond of foreign things. Madam Bhikaji Cama was against foreign items. So there was always a rift between both husband and wife.

Why did Madam Bhikaji Cama have to go to England?

Madam Bhikaji Cama did not hesitate to serve the sick and the poor. If she got an opportunity, she never missed the opportunity to serve sick and poor people. In 1896, a terrible disease of plague spread in Mumbai at that time.

plague spread

Madam Bhikhaji used to serve sick people. While serving the sick, she herself was suffering from a terrible illness.

Her husband Rustam Khurshid Cama had sent her to England to cure her illness. There she met Shyamji Krishnavarma. Shyamji Krishnavarma was fighting for the freedom of India while living in England.

How did Madam Bhikaji Cama honoured India in Germany?

An international convention was organized in Germany in 1907. Madam Bhikaji Cama and Ranaji were sent as India's representatives in the planning. All the countries present in the convention hoisted their respective national flags. Madam Bhikaji Cama hoisted the national flag of India in that event.

International Convention

At that time she was the first Indian woman to hoist the national flag of India on forign land. She also gave a speech while hoisting the national flag. In the speech, she talked about the freedom of the country and spoke a lot about the atrocities committed by the British.

How was the national flag of India hoisted in Germany?

The national flag of India hoisted in Germany was a tricolor. The national flag was green, saffron and red.

1. The green color above had eight lotuses symbolizing the seven stars of Saptarshi.
2. Vande Mataram was written in the kesari color in between which was in Devanagari script.
3. The red color which was at the bottom symbolized the sun and the moon.

What was Madam Bhikaji Cama doing for the country even while living abroad?

Madam Bhikhaji Kama used to give speeches against the British without any fear for the freedom of the country even in countries like Europe and America. Her speeches encouraged the people of India to fight against the British for freedom.

Madam Bhikaji used to buy new types of toys from abroad. Guns, cartridges etc. inside the toys were being sent to India with their friends from abroad without anyone knowing. Books giving information on how to make guns, ammunition, cartridges etc. were smuggled from abroad to India.

Why were Britishers afraid of Madam Bhikaji Cama?

Even while living abroad, Madam Bhikaji Cama used to give speeches against the British and encouraged the people of the country, the British were afraid of the speeches. Even when Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal, Madam Bhikaji Cama protested against it. Her house in Paris was considered the main center for revolutionaries for Indians living abroad.

The British were so afraid of Madam Bhikhaji Kama that the French government was asked by the British to arrest Madam Bhikaji Cama for treason. When Madam Bhikaji Cama came to know about this, she was going to Paris from America.

Where did Madam Bhikaji Cama want to spend the last days of her life?

Madam Bhikaji was working abroad for 35 years. Now she wanted to spend her last days in India. The British were so afraid of her that they did not allowed her to return to India. Madam Bhikhaji Kama's friends wrote letters to the Government of India requesting her permission to return to India.

Conclusion:

Madam Bhikhaji Kama's illness increased due to aging. After coming to India, she was admitted to Parsi Dharmada Hospital in Mumbai. Their she died in the hospital on 13 August 1936. She introduced a newspaper called Vandemataram which published the speeches of leaders and about the injustices of the British. An organization of revolutionaries started "Abhinav Bharat". She spent her entire life for the country even while living abroad.

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