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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.
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.
For The Great Martyrs of Kargil War: Established: 1999: ... It is dedicated to the soldiers from Bihar & Jharkhand who had sacrificed their lives in the Kargil War in ...
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.
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.
However, the designation of the 13 victims as "martyrs" has been controversial, as many were alleged to be armed and involved in violent clashes with the police. Critics argue that the events of the day were less about democratic protest and more about an internal struggle within the Congress party.
The verse reads: Shaheedon ki chitaaon par lagenge har baras mele ("On the pyres of martyrs, there will be fairs every year"). [14] The people of the district did not forget the 19 persons tried and executed after the Chauri Chaura incident. In 1971, they formed an association named Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak Samiti. In 1973, this Samiti ...
This year's Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees include iconic artists and producers like The Doobie Brothers, George Clinton and Ashley Gorley, among others.