70 years back on this day, 23rd March, the great young revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged by the British imperialists. They were young in age, but they had the courage to face the mighty British Empire in its den.

The injustices meted out to the Indian people by the British, the atrocities and mass killings of innocent people at Jhalianwallabagh, the exploitation of this great country – all enraged these youngsters in to resorting to revolutionary tactics against the British including armed resistance.

After arrest, they were kept in jail, hands and legs chained just like criminals. In the jail, Bhagat Singh read a lot of books, especially on Marxism, books by Marx, Lenin etc. All these comrades faced the gallows calmly with the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” (Victory to Revolution). They became the ever remembered martyrs of this great Nation.

I pay my respectful homage to these revolutionaries who sacrificed themselves at the altar of Independance of the country.