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Executed. Signature. Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 [1] – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary, [3] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 [4] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. [5] He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of ...
Why I Am an Atheist. Why I Am an Atheist (Hindi: मैं नास्तिक क्यों हूँ) is an essay written by Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh in 1930 in Lahore Central Jail. [1][2] The essay was a reply to his religious friends who thought Bhagat Singh became an atheist because of his vanity. [3]
Bhagat Singh (left), Sukhdev (center), and Rajguru (right) are considered among the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. Front page of the Tribune (25 March 1931), reporting the execution of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev by the British.
The memorial marks the location on the banks of the Sutlej river where Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were cremated on 23 March 1931. After they were hanged in the Lahore Central Jail, the back wall was broken by the jail authorities, and their bodies were secretly brought to this memorial and cremated without any ceremony. [1]
22 dead due to burn injuries. 225 later arrested with 6 dying in police custody, 19 executed after trial in July 1923, 113 sentenced to varying years of imprisonment with 14 people getting life imprisonment. The Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh ...
Michael O'Dwyer, 75. Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was done in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in ...
Hans Raj Vohra. Hans Raj Vohra (1909 – 13 September 1985) was an approver for British in HSRA, providing testimony for the British that identified his associates in return for his own freedom. In May 1930, his statement against Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, in the Lahore Conspiracy Case trial, became "crucial" in leading ...
Kakori conspiracy. The Kakori Train robbery (prapt of Kakori conspiracy) was a train robbery that took place at Kakori, a village near Lucknow [1], on 9 August 1925 [2], during the Indian independence movement against the British rule in India. It was organized by the Indian revolutionaries of Hindustan Republican Association (HRA).