On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, laid down their lives for the independence of India from colonial rule.
People took to Twitter to pay tribute to the three young men, who to make their voice heard, made noise in an assembly by dropping a grenade that just made noise, but did not take any life.
The British Raj had sentenced the three martyrs to be hanged to death for their involvement in the killing of John Saunders, whom they had mistaken for James Scott, a British police superintendent. They had wanted to kill Scott because they were of the belief that he played a pivotal role in the death of eminent nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai. Prison did not dissuade the ignited spirit of Singh, who even behind the bars, participated in hunger strikes, whilst demanding for improved rights for the imprisoned Indians. It is this fearless spirit of the martyrs that Indians celebrate every year on Martyr’s Day.
This is what people tweeted
