Dagshai event commemorates 75 years of India-Ireland ties

“I person been successful India for a twelvemonth and this is my 2nd sojourn to Dagshai (Solan district), this clip to commemorate the day of the mutiny of 1920 and the execution of Private James Daly astatine Dagshai for taking portion successful the mutiny,” the Ambassador said, highlighting the large constituent of confluence successful India and Ireland’s assemblage history.

The Ambassador paid peculiar compliments to the Indian Army and Dr Anand Sethi and his woman Geeta for moving hard to support the Dagshai Prison and the Church successful bully condition. Dr Anand Sethi is the curator of the Dagshai Military Jail Museum and restorer of respective different humanities places successful the town.

“This twelvemonth we people 75 years of diplomatic relations betwixt Ireland and India. Exchanges betwixt our countries spell further backmost than that. Education has agelong connected Ireland and India done Irish missionary schools. Today the inclination has been reversed. We person Indians going to Ireland for education. We present person 10,000 Indians going to survey successful our universities each twelvemonth and 60,000 visas are issued by our embassy each year,” helium said, adding that the ties volition beryllium expanded and the Irish Embassy volition soon person much unit to instrumentality attraction of the expanding commercialized and relations.

On the occasion, Bishop Ignatius, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh, said, “We are connected hallowed grounds of Church of St Patrick which was constructed successful 1852 by Irish Catholic soldiers who contributed Rs 5,030 from their pay. I basal present contiguous with reverence and humility.”

On the Indian and Irish connections successful Dagshai, Dr Anand Sethi said, “We shall beryllium celebrating the 125th commencement day of Private James Daly who was executed successful Dagshai and 90th decease day of the pastor who gave past work to Daly successful Dagshai.” He besides pointed retired that the leaders of Ghadar Movement were hanged astatine the gallow location adjacent to the Church and soon it volition beryllium 110 years of the hangings.

Ghadar Movement was an planetary governmental question founded by expatriate Indians to overthrow the British regularisation successful India.

Several retired Army officers and residents of Dagshai, Kasauli and adjacent places attended the lawsuit astatine the church, with the pipes and drums ensemble of 11th Battalion Kumaon Regiment stationed astatine Dagshai besides successful attendance.

A connection of acknowledgment from Patrick Maloney, president of Connaught Rangers’ Association, was besides work connected the occasion.

A choir of St Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, presented hymns and devotional songs to commemorate the event.