Were Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru sentenced to death in Lahore on 14 February 1931? This is what some social media users claim while the world celebrates Valentine’s Day today.
The message, both in Hindi and Bengali, was shared by many Facebook users. One such caption says: ’14 February is not just Valentine’s Day. On this day in 1931, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in Lahore. ‘
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that the verdict in which Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death was delivered on October 7, 1930 by a court in Lahore. They were hanged on March 23, 193. February 14 has no meaning at all.
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Bhagat Singh’s trial and martyrdom
Bhagat Singh’s trials and executions are well documented. According to an article published in ‘The Hindu’ in 2011, documents and records related to Bhagat Singh’s trial in 2007 were digitized and compiled in a museum by the Supreme Court of India.
The eminent jurist AG Noorani captured every little detail of the trial of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru in his book “The Trial of Bhagat Singh – Politics of Justice”. In his book, Noorani said the trio was sentenced to death on October 7, 1930.
A portion of the book reads: ‘Finally, on October 7, 1930, the Special Tribunal on the Lahore Conspiracy Case delivered a verdict in which all the accused were convicted except three who were acquitted – Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, Jatindra Nath Sanyal and Des Raj. the other twelve. Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Rajguru were sentenced to death. ‘
According to the website “shahidbhagatsingh.org”, Bhagat Singh in his petition to the governor of Punjab asked to be shot dead instead of hanged.
In the petition he wrote: ‘We were sentenced to death on 7 October 1930 by a British court, LCC Tribunal, instituted under the Conspiracy Ordinance of Sp. Lahore, promulgated by HE The Viceroy, the head of the British Government of India. “
The same date is also called the day of judgment for the trio in other sites related to law and justice.
In 2015, several news websites reported on Bhagat Singh’s death order that went viral. According to these reports, the warrant cited the verdict of October 7, 1930.
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were executed on March 23, 1931 at 7.15pm in Lahore’s Central Prison.
We found no documented evidence indicating February 14 as an important day in the entire trial.
Therefore, it is confirmed that the viral allegation that Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged by a court in Lahore on 14 February 1931 is not true.
ClaimIt was on February 14, 1931 that Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in Lahore.ClosureThe verdict in which Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death was delivered on October 7, 1930 by a court in Lahore. They were hanged on March 23, 193. February 14 has no meaning in the matter.
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