When is bhagat singh death anniversary

However, they failed to identify their target and junior officer JP Saunders was killed. Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev had to flee Lahore to escape the death penalty.

In , he and an associate threw a bomb at the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi to protest the implementation of the Defence of India Act by cheering the slogan of 'Inquillab Zindabad long live the revolution '. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas.

Latest News. Two years later, Singh was convicted and hanged at the age of Their indomitable courage, patriotism would always be a source of inspiration.

Jagdish Mukhi jagdishmukhi March 23, Such was his popularity that even after his death, he continued to make waves in the country, which was stunned after his passing.

He became a symbol; the act was forgotten, the symbol remained, and within a few months each town and village of the Punjab, and to a lesser extent in the rest of northern India, resounded with his name. The symbol that he became after death, and even during his lifetime, is being invoked even today. Protesting farmers in the country, from Punjab and other states, have been heading towards Singhu and Tikri borders to mark the 90th martyrdom day of Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Leader of the trio and one of the most revered young voices from Punjab was Bhagat Singh, who was born on September 28, in Lyallpur, Punjab. The group was deeply affected by the assassination of Lala Lajpat Rai. A lawyer by profession, Rai led a non-violent protest against the Simon Commission when it visited Lahore on October 30, The British Raj police reverted with lethal force, carrying out a lathi-charge. It was during this lathi charge that Singh witnessed a brutal attack on Rai, who suffered serious injuries in the police assault and eventually died on November 17, , of a heart attack.