New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday paid tribute to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru on the occasion of Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas) and said that their sacrifices will forever inspire the country.
शहीद सुखदेव, भगत सिंह और राजगुरु ने न सिर्फ जीते जी देश की स्वतंत्रता के लिए संघर्ष किया बल्कि अपने बलिदान से हर भारतवासी के हृदय में स्वाधीनता की अलख जगायी।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 23, 2020
यह तीनों राष्ट्रभक्त स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के अमर प्रतीक हैं जो हमें सदैव राष्ट्र की सेवा और एकता के लिए प्रेरित करते रहेंगे। pic.twitter.com/Qy080idula
"Shaheed Sukhdev, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru did not just fight for the country's independence while they were alive but through their sacrifice the passion of own-rule in the hearts of the countrymen. These three patriots are immortal symbols of the Independence Movement who will forever inspire us for service and unity to the nation," Shah's tweet, roughly translated in English from Hindi, read.
Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi too paid tribute to the three freedom fighters.
देश की आजादी के लिए अपनी जान कुर्बान करने वाले अमर शहीद भगत सिंह जी, राजगुरू जी और सुखदेव जी के शहादत दिवस पर शत् शत् नमन।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 23, 2020
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"Hundreds of salutations to Shaheed Bhagat Singhji, Rajguruji and Sukhdevji who sacrificed their lives for the nation's independence," Gandhi's tweet, translated from Hindi, read.
The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also took to Twitter to pay tribute to the three freedom fighters.
भारत के वीर सपूत भगत सिंह, राजगुरु, सुखदेव को उनके शहीदी दिवस पर कोटि-कोटि नमन।
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 23, 2020
Annually, March 23 is observed as Shaheed Diwas to pay tribute to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar the Indian Revolutionaries who were hanged by the British Government in 1931.
The trio in 1928 was found guilty of the murder of deputy police superintendent J.P. Saunders, whom they held responsible for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. (ANI)
