| Names |
SUKHDEV THAPAR |
| Date of Birth |
May 15, 1907
- Ludhiana, Punjab, India |
| Date of
Death |
March 23, 1931
- Lahore, Punjab, Undivided India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Activist and Revolutionary - Struggle for freedom |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1928: He was the associate of Bhagat Singh and
Shivaram Rajguru, 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.
- 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.
- 1929: He
took active part in several revolutionary
activities like the 'Prison hunger strike'.
- April 08, 1929: After the
Central Assembly Hall bombings in New Delhi on this day, Sukhdev and his associatess 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 this day,
and promulgated an ordinance setting up a special
tribunal composed of three high court judges for
this case.
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March 24, 1931: Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were
sentenced to death in the Lahore conspiracy
case and ordered to be hanged on this day. Later, the
execution had been advanced by a day, and consequently Sukhdev was
hanged on 23 March 1931 in Lahore jail with his
fellow comrades Rajguru and Bhagat Singh.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He played a major role in the India's struggle
for Independence.
- He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist
Republican Association (HSRA), and organized
revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of North
India.
- He along with other renowned revolutionaries started the
'Naujawan Bharat Sabha' at Lahore for
gearing the youth for the struggle for independence and
putting an end to communalism.
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