It is nothing but a humble effort on the part of the state government to enable Saifudin Kitchlew's family to lead a life with dignity and honour,' Badal said.

Freedom fighter Saifudin Kitchlew was at the forefront of the Indian freedom struggle in this city.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre by British forces led by General Reginald Dyer is considered one of the bloodiest ones in India's freedom struggle. Dyer ordered his troops to fire on peaceful demonstrators at the bagh (garden) near the Golden Temple on April 13, 1919.

The British forces kept firing till they ran out of bullets, killing hundreds of innocent men, women and children. The only entrance to the bagh was blocked by the troops and people had nowhere to escape as it was surrounded on all sides by residential buildings.