MARTYRS DAY

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Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas

Martyrs’ Day, also known as Shaheed Diwas, is a national holiday in India that honors our country’s freedom fighters who sacrificed all for the country’s good. Gandhiji was a key figure in India’s freedom struggle, advocating nonviolence and peaceful means of achieving independence.
Mahatma Gandhi was shot and killed by Nathuram Godse during his evening prayers in the Birla House on January 30, 1948. As a result, the country commemorates Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary on January 30th as Martyr’s Day. The president, vice president, prime minister, defense minister, and the three Service Chiefs (Army, Air Force, and Navy) lays multi-color floral wreaths at his Samadhi at Raj Ghat in Delhi on this day. Armed forces members and inter-services contingents also pay respect to the martyrs with a respectful salute. There are also a few bhajans and religious prayers sung. A two-minute silence is observed across the country at 11 a.m. in honor of Indian martyrs.
President Ram Nath Kovind expressed his respects to the Father of the Nation on Twitter yesterday, January 29. “On behalf of a grateful nation, my humble tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi who embraced martyrdom this day. We should adhere to his ideals of peace, non-violence, simplicity, purity of means, and humility. Let us resolve to follow his path of truth and love.”
Observances of Martyr’s Day in India:
In India, Seven days are designated as Martyr’s Day to commemorate and respect the lives of all freedom fighters who have given their lives in the service of the country.
On this day, January 30, the first freedom fighter was killed. In 1948, Nathuram Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi.
On March 23, the second Martyr’s Day is held to commemorate the executions of freedom fighters Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, as well as the death of Bhagat Singh, who was sentenced to death.
The primary incident, in which 15 people were slain by state police, occurred at Silchar train station on May 19, 1961. The 19th of May is currently known as Bhasha Shahid Divas. It is the third Martyr’s Day observed in India.
Every year on October 21, the fourth fall of Martyr’s Day commemorates the ambush of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol unit by Chinese soldiers near the Indo-Tibetan border in Ladakh. The Police Department organizes a nationwide commemoration called Police Martyr’s Day on this day.
The fifth day of Martyr’s Day is the death anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai, widely known as the “Lion of Punjab,” another well-known Freedom warrior, who comes on November 17.
The sixth day of Martyr’s Day is November 19, which commemorates Rani Lakshmibai and the lives of those who died in the 1857 revolt, also known as the First War of Indian Independence.
The seventh Martyrs’ Day commemorates the death of the ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, who was executed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

We salute the courage and are proud of the selfless intentions of our martyrs.
Jai Hind