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Hyderabad: Shaheed Diwas’ or Martyrs’ Day is observed on March 23 to mark the death anniversary of legendary freedom fighters – Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar. Initially, they were supposed to be hanged on March 24, 1931, but the British government advanced the date to March 23, 1931. Read here the story […]

The three freedom fighters were hanged to death by Britishers on March 23, 1931, in the Lahore conspiracy case.

Kothagudem: The outlawed CPI (Maoist) Central Committee has appealed to the people to observe ‘Anti-Imperialist Week’ from March 23 to 29 across the country. In a statement here on Thursday the Central Committee Spokesperson Abhay said the Anti-Imperialist Day would be celebrated on March 23 marking the 90th death anniversary of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, […]

He was against everything Mahatma Gandhi stood for, and Gandhi was widely criticised for not preventing his hanging

He said the struggle for freedom was carried out in many forms and finally the country achieved independence due to great sacrifices made by numerous freedom fighters.

March 23 is observed as 'Shaheed Diwas' to pay tribute to the trio who were hanged for killing British police officer J P Saunders.