Every year, the Nation is observed on March 23rd as Martyrs Day (Shaheed Diwas or Sarvodaya Day).
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Every year, the Nation is observed on March 23rd as Martyrs Day (Shaheed Diwas or Sarvodaya Day).
Why is Martyrs Day celebrated on the 23rd of March?
- The 23rd of March is also declared as the martyrs day in India to remember the sacrifice and pay homage to Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
- Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar fought for India against the British rule for independence.
- Bhagat Singh, a well-known freedom fighter in the history of India.
- His father was a member of an organization called Ghadar Party working for the independence of India.
- Bhagat Singh together with his companions Rajguru, Azad, Sukhdev and Jai Gopal fought for the assassination of Lala Lajpat Rai.
- In the year 1929, on 8th of April he together with his companions threw bombs over the Central Legislative Assembly reading slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”.
- They charged with the murder and hanged at 7.30 pm in the Lahore jail on 23th of March in the year 1931.
- Their bodies were cremated at the banks of the Sutlej River.
- Now a day, a big Shaheedi Mela (Martyrdom fair) is held in the birthplace Ferozepur, at the National Martyrs Memorial in the Hussainiwala (Indo-Pak border).
