ABSTRACT
In 1929, a young revolutionary from the Punjab fell in love and decided to get married. This seemingly innocent event led to a bitter debate among those who led the revolutionary group to which he belonged, as its members had taken a vow of celibacy in the national cause. One of the more drastic solutions proposed was that the young romantic be executed. However, the assassin picked for the job was an informer in the pay of the British. Since he considered murder not to be part of his job description, he confessed his predicament to the intended victim, who, somehow, persuaded his comrades not to mete out such a draconian punishment. Eventually, he did get married . . . in the safe confines of a Lahore jail.1
