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Martyrs' Day is recognised nationally on 30 January to mark the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, by Nathuram Godse. [ 1 ] On Martyrs' Day the President , the Vice President , the Prime Minister , the Defence Minister , the Chief of Defence Staff and the three Service Chiefs gather at the samadhi at Raj Ghat memorial and lay wreaths ...
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 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.
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The History of Bihar is one of the most varied in India. Bihar consists of three distinct regions, each has its own distinct history and culture. They are Magadha, Mithila and Bhojpur. [1] Chirand, on the northern bank of the Ganga River, in Saran district, has an archaeological record dating from the Neolithic age (c. 2500 – 1345 BC).
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]
The “Martyrs Day” event — organized by the unsanctioned student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest — characterized the federal holiday as an abomination, and US vets as killers.
The Bihar Regiment is an Indian Army infantry regiment. [3] It traces its origins back to the British Indian Army. [4] The Bihar Regiment was formed in 1941 by regularising the 11th (Territorial) Battalion, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment, and raising new battalions.