During Indian Freedom Movement, name the third freedom fighter who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru on 23rd March 1931?

During Indian Freedom Movement, name the third freedom fighter who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru on 23rd March 1931? Correct Answer Sukhdev Thapar

The correct answer is Sukhdev Thapar.

  • On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh along with his associates Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru were hanged to death for the assassination of 21-year-old British police officer John Saunders.

Important Points

  • The Day Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru Lay Down Their Lives For Freedom is called Martyrs' Day.
  • Chandrasekhar Azad, an Indian revolutionary who organized and led a band of militant youth during India's independence movement.
    • He joined the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) and participated in several violent crimes, notably the Kakori train robbery (1925) and the revenge killing of a British police officer (1928).
  • Batukeshwar Dutt was fellow revolutionary Bhagat Singh, threw bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi in 1929.
    • He raising slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ (Long live the revolution).
    • He embracing the punishment of the Kala Pani (black waters, imprisonment at the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
  • Jatindranath Das (fondly called Jatin Das), a bomb-maker of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association from Bengal.
    • He was arrested by the British on 14 June 1929 for the Lahore Conspiracy Case.
    • He passed away in prison after a 63-day hunger strike.

Key Points

  • Bhagat Singh was a socialist revolutionary and freedom fighter who was executed at the age of 23 for his dramatic violence against the British rule.
  • Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru were hanged to death 11 hours before the scheduled time for Saunder's murder case.
  • They mistook Saunders for Superintendent James Scott, who was responsible for leading a lathi charge against Lala Lajpat Rai.
    • Lala Lajpat Rai was protesting against the Simon Commission.

Related Questions

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