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 WARRIOR

• Sukhdev Thapar was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India on 15 May 1907 to Ramlal Thapar and Ralli Devi.A Khatri he was brought up by his uncle Lala Achintram after the death of his father.
• Since his childhood days, Sukhdev witnessed the brutal atrocities that the Imperial British Raj had inflicted on India, which then led him to join the revolutionaries, vowing to set India free from the shackles of British dominion

 REVOLUTIONARY

• As a young student at Lahore’s National College, he started study circles to delve into India’s past and scrutinize the revolutionary movements happening around the world. Founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, it was at this college that he first met Bhagat Singh and Yashpal.
• Interestingly, the students of National College, particularly Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, were initiated into a deep love for India by Lala Lajpat Rai himself and into revolutionary ideals by historian and professor Jai Chand Vidyalankar.

HSRA 

•  Together, the group of friends founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha with the aim of encouraging youth to join the freedom struggle, inculcate a rational scientific attitude, and end the social evils of communalism and untouchability.
• They also began inviting various political personalities to speak about British colonialism and independence for India.
• As a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), he began organising revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of North India, vowing to set India free from the shackles of British rule.

 SIMN COMMISSION

• In an anti-Simon Commission rally in 1928, veteran Congress leader Lala Lajpat Rai was cruelly beaten by a lathi by a British police officer named James A Scott.
• Lajpat Rai succumbed to injuries sustained a few days later. The young revolutionaries including Sukhdev decided to avenge Lajpat Rai’s death.
• As per Bhagat Singh’s biographer, it was Sukhdev who chose Bhagat Singh to assassinate Scott. However, on 17th December 1928, Bhagat Singh and his accomplices Sukhdev and Rajguru killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police, John P. Saunders in a case of mistaken identity.

 LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASE

• After committing the act, the trio escaped. They fled from Lahore by rail to Lucknow. Rajguru went on to Benares from Lucknow. He returned to Lahore a few days later.
• The British government managed to capture all the people involved in the assassination. Rajguru was arrested while he was in a bomb factory in Lahore in March 1929.
• All three were sentenced to death by hanging in the trial that ensued. While lodged in prison, Rajguru and his friends went on a hunger strike demanding improved conditions for political prisoners.

SHAHEED

• Despite tremendous pressure on the government to spare the youngsters, the trio was executed by hanging on 23rd March 1931.
• He will always be remembered for his patriotism and courage. His story, as that of his accomplices, continues to inspire Indians.

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