All You Need To Know About Jaswant Singh Gill Who Inspired Akshay Kumar¡¯s Film Mission Raniganj
Akshay Kumar is all set to play Jaswant Singh Gill in his upcoming film Mission Raniganj. Here's what you must know about the real story!
Akshay Kumar has finally unveiled the motion poster of the highly anticipated film Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue. Sharing the poster, Kumar wrote, ¡°Heroes don't wait for medals to do what's right! Watch the story of Bharat's true hero with #MissionRaniganj in cinemas on 6th October.¡±
Heroes don't wait for medals to do what's right!
¡ª Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 6, 2023
Watch the story of Bharat's true hero with #MissionRaniganj in cinemas on 6th October.
Teaser out tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/1o9dMgf3EY
Akshay¡¯s upcoming film is based on the life of mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill whose heroic act has moved hearts.
The story dates back to West Bengal in 1989 when Gill came to the limelight after rescuing 65 men from a submerged coal mine. Born on November 22, 1937, in Amritsar¡¯s Sathiala, Jaswant completed his studies from Khalsa College in 1959. In 1991, Jaswant was awarded Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for his bravery by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman.
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What happened in Raniganj?
On 13th November 1989, an unfortunate incident happened in Raniganj¡¯s Mahabir Colliery. The day was going well as miners were working hard and were setting up the usual explosions for extracting coal. Until the strain went tough on the subsurface water table and it cracked. This led to a massive water flow.
In 1989, one man achieved the impossible!
¡ª Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 6, 2023
Watch the story of Bharat¡¯s true hero with #MissionRaniganj in cinemas on 6th October.
Teaser out tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/J0vFVq2v96
220 miners fell into the trap of danger and turned hopeless of survival.
It was then that Jaswant jumped in to recommend a unique survival idea amid all other traditional rescue methods failing. He suggested that drilling a well and placing a steel rescue capsule might save a lot of lives. This ended up with all trapped miners getting freed with Jaswant being the last man standing.
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Gill passed away on 26 November 2019 and is survived by his wife and four children. In Amritsar¡¯s Majitha Road, a chowk has also been named after him.
Last year, Akshay responded to a tweet from a government official and expressed his gratitude for playing this role.
Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of India¡¯s Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines took to Twitter and wrote, ¡°Remembering Late Sardar Jaswant Singh Gill ji for his heroic role in rescuing 65 workers from a flooded coal mine, in 1989. We are proud of our #CoalWarriors who battle every day against the odds to assure India's energy security.¡±
Grateful to you @JoshiPralhad ji, for recalling India¡¯s first coal mine rescue mission - this day 33yrs ago.
¡ª Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 16, 2022
???? ??????? ?? ?? ??? #SardarJaswantSinghGill ?? ?? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???. It¡¯s a story like no other!@easterncoal
Responding to him, Akshay wrote, ¡°Grateful to you @JoshiPralhad ji, for recalling India¡¯s first coal mine rescue mission - this day 33 years ago. ???? ??????? ?? ?? ??? Sardar Jaswant Singh Gill ?? ?? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???. It¡¯s a story like no other! @easterncoal.¡±
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