Martyrs Day (Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru): 23 March
Every year, March 23 is observed as Martyrs Day (also known as Shaheed Diwas or Sarvodaya Day) to commemorate the death anniversary of the freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru, who laid their lives for the freedom of India.
It was on March 23 in 1931, in Lahore (Pakistan), that these three were hanged to death for assassinating John Saunders, a British police officer in 1928.
They had mistook Saunders for British police superintendent James Scott, who had ordered lathi charge, which eventually led to the death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
