Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Shaheed Diwas is celebrated annually on March 23.
(2) The day pays tribute to Bhagat Singh, SukhdevThapar, and ShivaramRajguru who died on March 23 in 1931.
Choose the correct:
(a) Only(1)
(b) Only(2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(c)
Related facts:
- Shaheed Diwas is celebrated annually on March 23.
- The day, in particular, pays tribute to Bhagat Singh, SukhdevThapar, and ShivaramRajguru who died on March 23 in 1931.
- They were hanged to death for assassinating John Saunders, a British police officer in 1928.
- They had mistook him for British police superintendent James Scott. It was Scott who had ordered lathi charge, which eventually led to the death of LalaLajpatRai.
- These three were among the countless who sacrificed their lives for the nations and died when they were very young.
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