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Martyr's Memorial on a 1967 stamp of India. During the height of Quit India Movement [3] in 1942, eminent Gandhian freedom fighter Shri Krishna Sinha and Dr. Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna, as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British.
In 2022, the government of Bihar recognised 15 February as a Martyrs' Day (Shahid Diwas) in memory of 34 freedom fighters killed by the Indian Imperial Police in Tarapur during hosting Indian Flag on 15 February 1932.
Following are the martyrs whose names are engraved on Kargil Chowk war memorial. [3]Major Chandrabhushan Divedi; General Digambar Dixit, Palamu General Prabhakar Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919.A large crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during the annual Baisakhi fair to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of pro-Indian independence activists Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal.
In Nepal, Martyrs' Day (Nepali: शहीद दिवस) is celebrated on January 30, corresponding to Magh 16 (Nepali: माघ १६ गते) in the Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. [21] Martyr (Nepali: शहिद; Shahid) in Nepal is a term for someone who is executed while making contributions for the welfare of the country or society.
Bahadur Shah Zafar's palace servants and Indian soldiers executed the European civilians captured in the previous day's riots. Mutiny in Allahabad: 6 June 1857 Allahabad, Company rule in India ~ 50 Europeans The 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry Mutinied, killing their European officers, and looted the city. [14] Siege of Cawnpore: 5–25 ...
Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian nationalist politician, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one [1] of the architects of modern Bihar, who was the first Deputy Chief Minister [2] and the Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–1957). [3]
What really happened during the Mutiny: A day by day account of the major events of 1857–1859 in India, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-19-564182-5; Basham A. L., The Wonder that was India, Picador, 1954, ISBN 0-330-43909-X; Nambisan Vijay, Bihar in the eye of the beholder, Penguin Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-14-029449-1