| Name(s) |
SHIVARAM HARI
RAJGURU |
| Date of
Birth |
August 24, 1908
– Rajgurunagar, Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 23, 1931 |
|
Identity |
Revolutionary of the Indian
Independence Movement. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- December 17, 1928: Bhagat
Singh
conspired with revolutionaries like Shivaram Rajguru,
Sukhdev Thapar, and Chandrashekhar Azad to kill Scott as and
by way of revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai owing to
police beatings. However, in a case of mistaken identity,
the plotters shot John P. Saunders, a police official, in
Lahore on this day.
- April 08, 1929 - After the Central
Assembly Hall bombings in New Delhi on this day, Shivaram
and his associates were arrested and convicted of their
crime, facing the death sentence as verdict.
- May 01, 1930 - To speed up the slow
trial, the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, declared an emergency on on
this day, and promulgated an ordinance setting up a special
tribunal composed of three high court judges for this case.
- March 23, 1931 - Bhagat Singh, Rajguru
and Sukhdev were sentenced to death in the Lahore conspiracy
case and ordered to be hanged on 24 March 1931.
Later, the execution had been advanced to 23 March 1931, and
consequently Shivaram was hanged on 23 March 1931 in Lahore
jail with his fellow comrades Sukhdev and Bhagat Singh.
- March 24, 1931 - This was the original
date of his execution as per the verdict, but later the date
was advanced by one day.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was a member of the great
martyr triad of the twentieth
century, comprising himself and
Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Shaheed
Sukhdev Thapar, who were involved in
the assassination of British Police
Officer, J.P. Saunders, in 1928 as
and by way of a revenge to the death
of veteran leader, Lala Lajpat Rai
owing to excessive police beating in
the Conspiracy case.
- He was a member of the Hindustan
Socialist Republican Army, who
wanted India to be freed from
British rule by any means necessary.
- He did not endorse the gentle
ways of Mahatma Gandhi for fighting
the British Raj.
|
|
Commemorations |
His birthplace has been named as
Rajgurunagar in his honour.Rajguru
Market, a shopping complex at
Hisar, Haryana, was named in his honour
in 1953. |
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