Summary of the holy panchayat
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The theme of "Holy Panchayat" is the importance of putting justice above one's own interest. The story deals with two friends, Jumman and Algu. Jumman first has to appear before the panchayat when his elderly aunt, who had willed him her land in return for being cared for, decides she is not being treated well.
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The holy panchayat is a story written by munshi premchand.
Jumman shiekh and algu chowdhary are very good friends. Jumman has an old aunt who has property, but no other near relation other than her nephew, jumman. She was pampered until the property was transfered. After the transfer deed was stamped, she had to swallow bitter words every day. She gets tired of the treatment and asks jumman for a monthly allowance to live by herself. Jumman refused rudely and they both presented their case and the aunt declared algu as the sarpanch. Algu did the right thing and gave the decision against jumman. From that day, jumman became his enemy. Jumman had bought a pair of oxen of a very fine breed. One of the oxen died just a month after Jumman's panchayat, but algu began to suspect that jumman had poisoned the ox. Algu decided to sell of the other ox. Samju sahu, a trader, bought the ox. As soon he bought it, he began making it work hard. After some days, samju put a double load on the ox and it died on the way. Samju was helpless and he carried many sacks of gur, 250 rupees, tin cans containing oil and pots of ghee. He decided to spend the night on the cart. The next day, He was robbed. He went home crying and when his wife asked him the reason, he told the story and at first she started crying and then she started abusing algu for giving them a useless ox. Whenever algu went at their house to ask for the money, They would always rudely abuse him and make him go away. They decided to call the panchayat. Samju choosed jumman sheikh as the sarpanch. Jumman had now seen the responsibility of becoming the sarpanch. He had to tell nothing but the truth. Not any prejudice should contaminate the word he gives. The panchayat is not the work of man but it is the work of god. Jumman gives the decision against Samju and algu gets overjoyed and shouts, "Victory to panch parmeshwar!" After the panchayat, Jumman and algu embraced each other and algu forgived Jumman for the grudge he had against him.