The Pilgrims' March/Pandit Motilal Nehru 2
PANDIT MOTILAL NEHRU.
A message from Pandit Jawaharlal given on behalf of Pandit Motilal and others now in Lucknow District Jail to the men and women of the United Provinces.
“We are in jail but we are most happy for we know you are carrying on the great fight. We know you have responded to the great call. Great cities like Lucknow, Allahabad and Benares have demonstrated your determination. You are to-day making a history which your children and your children’s children, freed for ever from a foreign yoke, will glory in and unborn generations will bless your name. We pray for you. May the Lord bless you and give you strength to fight on till victory crowns your sacrifices! To our own city of Allahabad, what shall we say? How shall we, who are of it, congratulate it or us? Brave citizens! The great and peaceful hartal, the march of hundreds of its children to jail and the enrolment of thousands in the army of Swaraj fill us with joy and hope. Our hearts are too full for many words. We can but offer our prayerful thanks to the Giver of all strength. May the flag of freedom Allahabad has unfurled ever fly and the sons and daughters of our city come forward in an unending stream to sacrifice themselves at the altar of Swaraj.”