CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
Shaheed Diwas or Martyrs Day- 23rd March:
- March 23 every year is observed as Shaheed Diwas to mark the death anniversary of Indian freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
- Also, 30 January is observed as Martyr’s Day or Shaheed Diwas in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
- In 1928, Bhagat Singh plotted to kill a police officer to avenge Lala Lajpat Rai’s death.
- Later, in 1929, Bhagat Singh and his associates dropped two bombs at the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and allowed themselves to be arrested, while shouting the famous freedom struggle slogan, “Inquilab Zindabad”, or “Long live the revolution”.
- It was on March 23, 1931, when the three were hanged to death in the Lahore Central Jail in British India (now Pakistan) by Britishers.
