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23rd March: Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas Observed In India
23rd March: Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas Observed In India: Details, History
23rd March which is the death anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar is observed as Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas across India.
The Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas is celebrated with great patriotism by each and every citizen of India. Members of all political parties pay tribute to Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh who sacrificed his life for the country at a very young age.
Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas is also celebrated on 30th January on the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi.
History
On 23rd March 1931, Bhagat Singh along with his fellow men Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru were hanged to death for the killing 21-year-old British police officer John Saunders taking revenge for the assassination of Lala Lajpat Rai.
They mistook John for Superintendent James Scott who injured Lala Lajpat Rai during a protest against Simon Commission.
On 8th April 1929, Bhagat Singh 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 the 23rd of March 1931.
Their body was 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).
Bhagat Singh was a well-known freedom fighter in the history of India. He was born on 28th of September in 1907 in the Lyallpur, Punjab in the Sikh family. His whole family fought against the British Government to set India free.
