Vijay Singh Pathik

After being implicated in the Lahore conspiracy case in 1915, he changed his name to Vijay Singh Pathik. His grandfather's sacrifice in the struggle of 1857 in Bulandshahr district, affected him deeply to be freedom fighter.

• Name — Vijay Singh Pathik • Birth Name — Bhoop Singh Gurjar • Birthplace — Village Guthawali, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1882 • Place of death — Mathura in 1954 • Organization — Rajasthan Sewa Sangh • Known for — Indian Freedom Fighter, Journalist, • Movement — Bijolia movement, Begun farmer's movement • Spouse — Janki Devi "Pathik" • Website — https: www.vijaysinghpathik.org • Other Names — Rashtriya Pathik

Pathik was born in 1882 in Guthawali village, Bulandshahar district in a Gurjar family. His father had taken active part in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and was arrested multiple times. Pathik's Grand Father was Inder Singh Gurjar, who was Dewan of Malagarh Riyasat and was killed while fighting against the British. While, his birth name was Bhoop Singh Gurjar, but he changed it to "Vijay Singh Pathik" after being implicated in the Lahore Conspiracy Case in 1915.

He joined revolutionary organisation in his teenage and took active part against British rule in India. Pathikji’s non-cooperation movement was so successful that Lokmanya Tilak wrote a letter to Maharana Fateh Singh to meet the demand of the Bijoliya agitators. Mahatma Gandhi sent his secretary Mahadev Desai to study the movement. It was Pathik who fought for the cause of united Rajasthan and had taken up the issue with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel. He was jailed for having led the Kisan agitation in Bijoliya and kept at special jail created in the Tehsil building of Todgarh. The Kisan Panchayat, Mahila Mandal and Yuvak Mandal invited Pathik to come and lead them. Pathik was a freedom fighter. As author Indira Vyas said, "He would prefer to end his life rather than to bow down the flag. He also wrote the famous flag song which was very popular during that period."

Smt. Janki Devi was a freedom fighter and the wife of Vijay Singh Pathik, the leader of the Bijolia peasant movement. Her life was marked by her transition from a private citizen to an active participant in the Indian independence struggle. • Marriage: Janki Devi married Vijay Singh Pathik on 24 February 1930. Following their marriage, she immediately entered a life characterized by the struggles and rigors of the political activist movement. • Political Activism: Drawing inspiration from her husband's resilience, she joined the freedom struggle and became a vocal opponent of the colonial and feudal oppression of the era. She played a significant role in public awakening and mobilizing local populations against atrocities. • Later Years and Legacy: Following the height of the peasant movements, she resided in Mathura. She dedicated her later life to continuing the "creative works" (social reforms and educational initiatives) established by Pathik ji, ensuring the continuity of his social mission.

In contemporary regional literature, such as the works of Bhanwarlal Swarnkar, her support is often noted alongside Pathik’s introduction of Satyagraha and the Vande Mataram mantra to the suffering peasantry of the Mewar region.