Martyrs’ Day: Bhagat Singh’s ‘Death Warrant’ trends on Twitter and Facebook on 84th Shaheed Diwas

 

Social networking site Twitter got hands on the Execution letter of the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. India celebrates Martry’s Day on March 23, which also marks the death anniversary of India’s youth freedom fighters- Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru. On the day when netizens were celebrating Shaheed Diwas in India, an image of Bhagat Singh’s execution letter surfaced on social media.

Bhagat Singh who is known as Shaheed Bhagat Singh was hanged-till-death by Britishers in the Central Jail in Lahore at 7.15 pm on March 23, 1931. Protesting against the colonial rule by Britain in India, Bhagat Singh and B K Dutt threw a gas-bomb inside the Central Assembly hall in New Delhi on April 8, 1929. The famous quote of, ‘To make the deaf hear, a loud noise  (like a bomb) is needed’ was then penned by Bhagat Singh when he was arrested.

Bhagat Singh along with Sukhdev and Rajguru was hanged on March 23, 1931 at 7.30 pm by a judge who signed death warrants of the three freedom fighters as their original warrants had expired. After the hanging, which saw thousands of supporters swarming the jail on the hanging date, the jail authorities broke the real wall of the jail and then cremated their bodies secretly outside Ganda Singh Wala village.

Twitterati and Facebook users trended #BhagatSingh, #ShaheedDiwas, and #MartyrsDay; paying homage to three known revolutionaries of the freedom struggle in India, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Below is the picture of the death warrant that Bhagat Singh was issued by the Superintendent of the Central Jail of Lahore. (READ: Narendra Modi to visit Hussainiwala to pay homage to martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru)

Titled, ‘Warrant of Execution on Sentence of Death’ the following death warrant is currently trending on Twitter and Facebook.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on their martyrdom day. Modi also tweeted about the same which read, “In Punjab today. Will pay homage to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru at Hussainiwala & will go to Golden Temple & Jallianwala Bagh.” Twitterati are tweeting and paying respects to the national heroes who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of our nation.  

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