LAHORE: The 91st death anniversary of revolutionary leaders from the pre-Partition era -- Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru and Sukh Dev -- who were hanged by the British rulers on March 23, 1913, was observed at the Shadman Chowk here on Wednesday.
The event to mark their death anniversaries was organised under the auspices of the Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Pakistan.
On the occasion, the foundation adopted a resolution demanding the British Queen to visit Shadman Chowk, like she had visited the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar (India) and apologised for the 1919 massacre.
The Queen should also apologise to Pakistan and India and the families of the three revolutionaries and pay them a huge compensation, it demanded.
The foundation asked the Indian premier to posthumously award India’s highest civil award to the three revolutionary leaders.
It also demanded that the Hussainiwala Border with India should also be opened immediately for the Pakistani citizens.
“Similarly, Prime Minister Imran Khan should announce the country’s highest civil award to Bhagat Singh and issue commemorative stamps and coins to honour him. A major road in the country should also be named after him [Bhagat] and include [lessons about] his courage and bravery in the curriculum,” it demanded.
Foundation Chairman Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi, lawyers Manzoor Gilani, Raja Zulqernain, Mian Saeed, M.H Shaheen, Kashif Mahmood and Haider Farooq Maududi spoke on the occasion.
Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2022
