New Delhi: The nation right this moment remembered the supreme sacrifice made by Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, the three freedom fighters who had been martyred at the present time in 1931.
Martyrs’ Day is noticed on March 23 yearly to commemorate the hanging of the three courageous sons of the soil by the Britishers who occupied India.
Zee News Anchor Mimansa Malik on Tuesday (March 23) narrated the story of the three martyrs, who stood in opposition to the British empire and impressed generations of youth to observe of their footsteps.
March 23, 1931 – It was on at the present time that the good revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivram Hari Rajguru had embraced the hanging noose as a necklace of freedom.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh used to say that revolution doesn’t come from bombs and pistols, however by way of the ideas and concepts of folks. He wished to see India impartial of British shackles however was hanged 16 years, 4 months and 23 days earlier than independence got here. He embraced his martyrdom smiling.
In a letter, Bhagat Singh wrote:
“Today I can live on one condition only… I do not want to live like a slave. My name has become a symbol of the revolution of Hindustan. The ideals and sacrifices of the revolutionary groups have raised my stature… As high as I cannot possibly be if I live.”
These writings of Bhagat Singh nonetheless contact the hearts of crores of folks.
At that point Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev had grow to be position fashions of the entire of India. The youth had been shouting slogans of Vande Mataram on the road of the nation. The Britishers had been frightened seeing the fireplace of the motion.
Why had been Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged?
On October 30, 1928, the Simon Commission, a bunch of seven British reached Lahore. This fee was established within the yr 1927, with the purpose of working on constitutional reforms in India and consolidating their maintain on India.
The Commission was met with huge protests. Lala Lajpat Rai led the revolution as he took to the streets in opposition to the Commission.
The British tried to suppress the motion. Superintendent of Police James A. Scott ordered a lathi-charge on Lala Lajpat Rai and different protesters. Rai, who was severely injured, died on November 18, 1928. His demise stuffed the revolutionaries with fury and then it was determined that his demise can be avenged.
Several revolutionaries, together with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and Chandrashekhar Azad, collectively deliberate to avenge Rai’s demise by killing James Scott. However, as a substitute of Scott, John Saunders, who was additionally half of the brutal lathi-charge on Lala Lajpat Rai, turned the goal as Bhagat Singh and Rajguru fired bullets at him. Saunders died.
Bhagat Singh and Rajguru managed to flee after the incident.Â
While the case was nonetheless being investigated, revolutionaries deliberate to throw a bomb within the Central Assembly. On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb within the Assembly, which is the Parliament constructing right this moment.
They showered leaflets from the gallery on the legislators under, shouted slogans, and then allowed the authorities to arrest them.Â
The objective of the blast was to awaken the deaf and dumb British authorities.
The arrest, and the ensuing publicity, delivered to mild Singh’s complicity within the John Saunders case.
It can be referred to as the Lahore Conspiracy Case, which was very a lot mentioned at the moment. The trial started on May 5, 1930, and lasted till September 11, 1930.Â
Finally, on October 17, 1930, the courtroom sentenced the hanging of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. The sentence was carried out on March 23, 1931, as chants of Inquilab Zindabad stuffed the Lahore Jail.
Bhagat Singh was not a supporter of bombs and pistols. He didn’t help violence. He solely believed that when oppression grows an excessive amount of and the tune of revolution appears to fade away, then a couple of loud blasts are wanted to pierce by way of the deaf ears.
