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  12 news developments you don't want to miss on March 23rd

  India | March 23, 2015 15:51 IST

  1. PM Modi to visit Punjab, pay tribute to Bhagat SinghMarking his first visit to Punjab after assuming office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit Amritsar and Khatkar Kalan on the martyrdom day of

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  Shaheedi Diwas: PM Modi to pay homage to Bhagat Singh, martyrs

  Politics | March 23, 2015 11:41 IST

  Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today pay homage to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev at Hussainiwala in Firozpur district where their last rites were performed in 1931.The Prime Minister arrives at the

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  Bhagat Singh's sister passes away in Canada

  India | September 29, 2014 19:44 IST

  Chandigarh: Parkash Kaur, the younger sister of revolutionary and freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, has died in Canada, a family member said here Monday.Kaur, 96, was the only surviving member of the martyr's immediate family. She

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  Plea filed to bring Bhagat Singh's trial record from India

  World | May 18, 2014 21:26 IST

  Lahore: A petition has been filed in a court in Pakistan pleading to bring back the trial record of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh from India which is required to reopen his case here.“Former acting

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  Bhagat Singh's name not mentioned in FIR: Pakistan police

  World | May 05, 2014 10:38 IST

  Lahore: Bhagat Singh's name was not mentioned in the FIR for the murder of a British police officer here in 1928, the Lahore police have found, in a major boost to prove the legendary freedom

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  Petition filed in Pakistan court to prove Bhagat Singh's innocence

  World | April 29, 2014 21:44 IST

  Lahore: A copy of the FIR registered against Bhagat Singh in the then Lahore SSP's murder case in 1928 has been sought here to prove the innocence of the legendary freedom fighter. Petitioner Imtiaz Rashid

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  Reduce age to contest elections: AAP

  Politics | April 04, 2014 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Thursday cited the example of Bhagat Singh to demand that the age to contest elections must be reduced from 25 to 21 years.Under existing rules, one has to be

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  Know how Britishers hanged Shaheed Bhagat Singh under Operation Trojan Horse

  India | September 26, 2015 14:08 IST

  New Delhi: The British rulers in India were afraid of the rising popularity of revolutionary leader Bhagat Singh and his ways of exploiting the government machinery, the courts and  newspapers for propagating his ideology.The execution

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  Kejriwal asks TV Anchor to play up sections of his interview

  Politics | March 10, 2014 12:22 IST

  New Delhi: A video showing AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal asking a TV news anchor to emphasise certain sections of his interview went viral on Youtube on Sunday.The video, which is over a minute long, shows

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  Bhagat Singh, Azad were terrorists, says UK historian

  India | February 17, 2014 9:29 IST

  Surat: A UK-based historian described Indian freedom fighters -- Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad -- as "terrorists" during a lecture held here recently, sparking a controversy.Delivering a lecture on 'Nonviolent Resistance In India during 1915-1947',

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  Bhagat Singh as national martyr is a settled fact, no need for official records: PM

  India | August 18, 2013 6:40 IST

  New Delhi: Even as the Home Ministry has said it has no records to show martyr status of Bhagat Singh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that the "fact" that late freedom fighter was a

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  Know more about Sukhdev:The Close aide of Bhagat Singh

  India | August 02, 2013 12:08 IST

  New Delhi: Born on  May 15,1907 Sukhdev Thapar formally known as Sukhdev is best known as an accomplice of Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru in the killing of a British police officer J.P. Saunders in

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  Know interesting facts about Indian revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad

  India | July 23, 2013 7:15 IST

  New Delhi:  Chandrashekhar Azad  is a famous Indian revolutionary and is considered the mentor of  Shaheed--Aazam Bhagat Singh . He was the chief strategist of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was born on

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  Kot Lakhpat jail, the graveyard of Indian nationals

  India | February 28, 2014 14:16 IST

  New Delhi: Sarabjit was  arrested on the night of 28 August 1990 and was kept at  Kot Lakhpat jail , on April 2013 at about 4:30 pm, He was allegedly attacked by six prisoners with

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  Remembering India's freedom fighters: Shaheed Bhagat Singh

  India | October 03, 2013 9:42 IST

  New Delhi:  Bhagat Singh's stirring story has always motivated people to work towards nation building. He was born on 28 September 1907 in Faisalabad, now in Pakistan.He had the courage of going beyond the obvious

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  Pak panel divided on renaming roundabout after Bhagat Singh

  World | December 14, 2012 18:50 IST

  Lahore,Dec 14: Differences have cropped up in a Pakistani committee tasked with renaming historic sites here, with some of its members backing a move not to rename a roundabout after legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.Lahore's

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  Pak authorities drop plan to rename Lahore Chowk after Bhagat Singh

  World | December 14, 2012 9:15 IST

  Lahore Dec 14: The plan to rename Shadman Chowk in Lahore after Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has apparently been dropped.A press issue released on Wednesday, 12th Dec 2012 by the Dilkash Lahore Committee said

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  Lahore's Shadman Chowk to be finally named after Bhagat Singh

  World | November 16, 2012 16:54 IST

  Lahore, Nov 16 :  A Pakistani government committee has endorsed the renaming of a roundabout in Lahore after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh despite stiff opposition from extremist groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (formerly Lashkar-e-Toiba).About two weeks

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  Four arrested for attempt on life of INLD MLA

  India | June 03, 2012 19:42 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 3: Delhi police today claimed to have arrested four young men involved in the armed attack on INLD MLA Bhagat Singh and cited personal rivalry as the reason behind the assault.The MLA

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  Pak Civil Society Demands Renaming Of Chowk After Bhagat Singh

  World | March 24, 2012 12:26 IST

  Lahore, Mar 24: Pakistani civil society activists have demanded that the square in Lahore where Bhagat Singh was hanged over eight decades ago should be renamed after the freedom fighter to honour his struggle to