Browsing Tag: Bhagat Singh

"One day while I was listening to the shabads and contemplating Guru Sahib's martyrdom, I saw Guru Sahib and the scene of his torture. My eyes teared up and I began crying. I saw a glimpse of Guru Sahib and how he saw his beloved Sajanra right next to him, and everywhere, and how he remained by His side until his departure. It was a very moving moment and I knew I had to paint it."

Bhagat Singh Thind was one of the major pioneers of Sikh immigration to the United States and an American hero.

But as he had used his heart, the strongest of all weapons, to fight for his country's freedom, it is very likely that death made the journey into the light easy for him.

...the bid to rename Lahore's Fawara Chowk in the Shadman area after revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has hit another road block with the Lahore High Court on Friday stopping the Punjab Government from notifying a government-appointed committee's decision in this regard.

A Pakistani government committee has endorsed the renaming of a roundabout in Lahore after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh despite stiff opposition from extremist groups...

In order to craft an Arab identity on its South Asian roots, Pakistan, since dictator Zia ul-Haq’s time, has been renaming its cities and other places after Arab leaders. Lyallpur was renamed Faisalabad after Saudi King Faisal.

Here was an immensely talented, charismatic and scholarly young man who epitomised the best values of secularism and rationality, led by example, put his nation, team and people before himself, practised a rigorous disciplined work ethic, willingly embraced self-denial and represented the common people of India.

“Jinnah sahib in his speech in the Central Assembly on Sept 12, 1929, said `the man who goes on hunger strike has a soul. He is no ordinary criminal, who is guilty of cold blooded, sordid wicked crime’. “It is clear that Jinnah Sahib considered Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev freedom fighters. If the father of the nation admires a freedom fighter, how can we ignore him?

Rai Business School on 28 March 2010, held a Martyr Day programme to honour Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on their "Shaheedi Divas"