Shaheed Diwas: Have we done justice to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev? -

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March 23, mention the date and majority of us will not be able to tell the significance of the day while a few may correlate it with the Earth Hour that is celebrated across the world.

In case you don’t know, March 23 is observed as Shaheed Diwas.

On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh along with his companions Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in Lahore Central Jail for hurling bombs inside Assembly.

Even as the day holds significance since it was this date when the three great martyrs - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev-- were executed for hurling bombs in Assembly, the country will observe it as just another day with usual speeches on the unsung heroes in the backdrop of scams and terror threats.

At a young age of 23 years, Bhagat Singh along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, from the Visitor's Gallery.

As smoke from the bomb filled the Hall, they shouted "Inquilab Zindabad" and showered leaflets which claimed that the act was done to oppose the Trade Disputes and the Public Safety Bill being presented in the Central Assembly. After throwing the bombs, Bhagat Singh and Butukeshwar Dutt courted arrest by refusing to run away from the scene.

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were charged with the murder. At the time of their execution, Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev were then just 23 while Rajguru was a year younger.

Their dead bodies were secretly taken out of the jail and were burnt on the banks of River Satluj.
Too little time for the forgotten heroes

Seven decades later, Bhagat Singh, the freedom fighter from Punjab has turned to be a forgotten hero.

Such is the government apathy towards the unsung heroes, that a mere demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (March 22) to set up a monument in Parliament House at the spot where Bhagat Singh had thrown bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929.

Sparing a minute to remember these freedom fighters is perhaps too time-taking for this Facebook generation. The places or colleges named after Bhagat Singh are a testimony to dwindling patriotism in the current generation since such places have just got confined to be a protesting spot or a favourite hangout joint.

Such is the growing indifference towards their sacrifices, that young generation hardly knows the significance of March 23. It is the same generation that starts prepartions for the Valentine's Day and Friendship's day a week ahead in advance.

Sadly, name of Bhagat Singh and his comrades is limited to our history books while we make Gods out of Mahatama Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, driving us to think: Why don't we wish to remember these unsung heroes? Why do we or our governments mention 2nd October or 14th November as the significant events but forget the revolutionary ways of Bhagat Singh and his companions?

Shaheed Diwas: Have we done justice to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev?

 

[GURU DUTT]

March 23, mention the date and majority of us will not be able to tell the significance of the day while a few may correlate it with the Earth Hour that is celebrated across the world.

In case you don’t know, March 23 is observed as Shaheed Diwas.

On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh along with his companions Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in Lahore Central Jail for hurling bombs inside Assembly.

Even as the day holds significance since it was this date when the three great martyrs - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev-- were executed for hurling bombs in Assembly, the country will observe it as just another day with usual speeches on the unsung heroes in the backdrop of scams and terror threats.

At a young age of 23 years, Bhagat Singh along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, from the Visitor's Gallery.

As smoke from the bomb filled the Hall, they shouted "Inquilab Zindabad" and showered leaflets which claimed that the act was done to oppose the Trade Disputes and the Public Safety Bill being presented in the Central Assembly. After throwing the bombs, Bhagat Singh and Butukeshwar Dutt courted arrest by refusing to run away from the scene.

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were charged with the murder. At the time of their execution, Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev were then just 23 while Rajguru was a year younger.

Their dead bodies were secretly taken out of the jail and were burnt on the banks of River Satluj.
Too little time for the forgotten heroes

Seven decades later, Bhagat Singh, the freedom fighter from Punjab has turned to be a forgotten hero.

Such is the government apathy towards the unsung heroes, that a mere demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (March 22) to set up a monument in Parliament House at the spot where Bhagat Singh had thrown bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929.

Sparing a minute to remember these freedom fighters is perhaps too time-taking for this Facebook generation. The places or colleges named after Bhagat Singh are a testimony to dwindling patriotism in the current generation since such places have just got confined to be a protesting spot or a favourite hangout joint.

Such is the growing indifference towards their sacrifices, that young generation hardly knows the significance of March 23. It is the same generation that starts prepartions for the Valentine's Day and Friendship's day a week ahead in advance.

Sadly, name of Bhagat Singh and his comrades is limited to our history books while we make Gods out of Mahatama Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, driving us to think: Why don't we wish to remember these unsung heroes? Why do we or our governments mention 2nd October or 14th November as the significant events but forget the revolutionary ways of Bhagat Singh and his companions?

Shaheed Diwas: Have we done justice to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev?

No we havent

mat ro mata lal tere bahutere..tribute to true freedom fighters - YouTube

 

[GURU DUTT]

"AYE WATAN-SAD VERSION"BY MOHD.RAFI,MREM DHAWAN-"SHAHEED-1965" - YouTube

AEY VATAN AEY VATAN HUMKO TERI KASAM - YouTube

"MERA RANG DE"BY MUKESH,MAHENDRA & R.MEHTA,MREM DHAWAN-"SHAHEED-1965" - YouTube

khushian banao ki ye jasba har kissi ko naseeb nahi hota ham bare khushnasib jo hame aise veer mille ...

Bharat Mata Ki Jai

 

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Shaheed is religious designation given to the ones who sacrificed their lives fighting in the path of Allah as mentioned in Quran. Why would any non-Muslim use Shaheed to mean martyred of their faith or martyred of state or martyred of a nation? Its purely Islamic word and is not used outside the list of deaths which are identified as SHAHEED by Prophet Muhammad PBUH. NOT every Muslim death is Shaheed NEITHER every martyred of Muslim Army qualifies to be one.

I am recalling an incident in which a Sahabi (companion of prophet PBUH) was fighting ruthlessly in the battlefield and other fellows who witnessed him praised him for his bravery. One of the Sahabi asked Prophet PBUH that how rewarded this person would be and holy Prophet PBUH replied no he is not among Shuhada. Sohaba were surprised but during the war they witnessed that he got injured brutally and received hurting wounds. To avoid the long painful death, the Suhabi put dagger on his chest and lied down facing downwards and pushing dagger on his heart. And suhaba really witnessed that he died of his own wound and his death was suicide. Thus his death in the battle field didn't gave him Shahadat.

Is India short of names or they never had an idea similar to that so they adopted the idea along with its name? Without understanding the faith, the purpose and spirit of becoming shaheed, its use is as helpful as someone wearing sticker of Prime Minister without becoming one.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Har cheez ko Mazhab ki ainak se dekhne ki wajah se aaj pakistan aur pakistanio ka ye hal hai in shaeedo ki kurbani ki wajah se na sirf hindustan balki pakistan ko bhee azadi milli the goro se per tumhe iska sahi mol nahi hai kyonki ...khair jane do aaj is cheez ka waqt nahi hai


PURAB AUR PACHHIM- Dulhan chali - YouTube

 

[Ayush]

may god bless them..inquilab zindabad

may god bless them..inquilab zindabad

 

[doppelganger]

In a word, NO we have not. Who a nation celebrates is an indication of the psyche of the people.

We remember Gandhi and Nehru and Ambedkar and find these names on roads and stadiums and colleges everywhere. We rarely remember fighters like Bose and Bhagat Singh, Sukhdv, and Rajguru.

 

[GURU DUTT]

In a word, NO we have not. Who a nation celebrates is an indication of the psyche of the people.

We remember Gandhi and Nehru and Ambedkar and find these names on roads and stadiums and colleges everywhere. We rarely remember fighters like Bose and Bhagat Singh, Sukhdv, and Rajguru.

Wo isliye kyonki tareekh hamesha vijeta hi likte hain and ghandi , nehru and ambedkar were more politically correct and glamorous than Bhagat singh , Raj guru & sukhdev

 

[doppelganger]

Wo isliye kyonki tareekh hamesha vijeta hi likte hain and ghandi , nehru and ambedkar were more politically correct and glamorous than Bhagat singh , Raj guru & sukhdev

I agree they were there at the right time when things finally moved and happened. But I do not think they were more glamorous.

Woh azaadi kis kaam ki jo lade bina mil jaye?

 

[HeinzG]

We salute

 

[agamdilawari]

 

[doppelganger]

If you ask me, if I was a young man or even a boy under British rule, I would have joined Bose's army or become a underground revolutionary like Bhagat Singh. If you kick me, I will rip out your legs. And hands too, and gouge out your eyes, and stufff your balls in your mouth just to make my point.

 

[ishaqzaade]

 

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Inquilab Zindabad!!!

 

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