- Martyrs' Day is observed every year on March 23 to pay tribute to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
- Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged in Lahore's Central Jail on this day in 1931.
- They had tried to assassinate British police officer J.P. Saunders in Lahore on December 17, 1928. They were sentenced to death.
- Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
- He joined the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
- Sukhdev Thapar was an Indian revolutionary.
- He was a senior member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
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