QUESTION- Martyr`s Day is observed every year on 30 JAN in the memory of _?
(a)MAHATMA GANDHI
(b)INDIRA GANDHI
(c)SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE
(d)RAJIV GANDHI
ANS-a
Related facts-
- Martyr`s Day is observed every year on 30 JAN in the memory of MAHATMA GANDHI .
- The day is observed to remember the sacrifices made by freedom fighters in the struggle for India’s independence and to pay our respect to them.
- Other Martyrs’ Day observances in India
- March 23: The anniversary of the deaths of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru in 1931.
- May 19: Language Martyrs Day (Bhasha Shahid Diwas). The day commemorates the Bengali Language Movement of Barak Valley in the state of Assam.
- October 21: Police Martyrs Day. The day marks the ambush of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol party at the Indo-Tibetan border in Ladakh by the Chinese forces.
- November 17: The anniversary of the death of Lala Lajpat Rai in 1928.
- November 19: The birth anniversary of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.
BY-AKASH SINGH