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PM Modi Pays Tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh: Salutes Indomitable Courage
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News18•28-09-2026, 10:30
PM Modi Pays Tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh: Salutes Indomitable Courage
- •Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birth anniversary.
- •PM Modi stated that Bhagat Singh's passion for sacrificing everything for the nation's honor symbolizes the courage and spirit of India's youth.
- •Bhagat Singh had told the British to shoot him directly instead of hanging him, proving his indomitable courage.
- •Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920, Bhagat Singh joined the freedom struggle.
- •Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were hanged by the British government on March 23, 1931.
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PM Modi paid heartfelt tributes on X, stating that Bhagat Singh's indomitable courage and valor gave a new impetus to the freedom movement. He highlighted that Bhagat Singh's passion for sacrificing everything for the nation's honor symbolizes the courage and spirit of India's youth.
According to PM Modi, Bhagat Singh wrote a letter asking the British to treat him and his comrades as prisoners of war. He requested that their lives be taken through direct shooting instead of hanging, demonstrating his remarkable courage.
At just 12 years old, Bhagat Singh witnessed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Later in 1920, he left school and plunged into the freedom struggle after being deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement.
