My Malice and Bias

Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivram Rajguru The execution of Bhagat Singh , Rajguru and Sukhdev was carried out on March 23, 1931, in Lahore Central Jail by the executor Kala Masih of Shahdara, Lahore and supervised by District Magistrate, AA Lane Robert . The IG prisons (Punjab) Lt Col F.A Barke r, the IG Punjab Police   Cherris Stead  were also present. After the execution, the British government honored several individuals for their loyalty to the Crown. Hans Raj Vohra , Jai Gopal , Phonindra Nath Ghosh and Manmohan Bannerji — had all become government approvers and gave statements in the case. They were among the 457 witnesses produced by the Punjab Police in this case. After the executions, all four were rewarded.  Hansraj Vohra Hans Raj Vohra (1909 – 13 September 1985) was a trusted colleague and follower of the leading revolutionaries Sukhdev Thapar and Bhagat Singh. He was a student at Forman Christian College , a member of the Lahore St...

Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary. He was a senior member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association . He was hanged on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. Sukhdev, born in Nau ghara Mohalla of Ludhiana, Punjab to Ramlal Thapar and Ralli Devi in a Khatri family. Sukhdev's father died and he was brought up by his uncle Lala Achintram. Sukhdev Thapar Sukhdev was subjected to physical abuse as a child, some of it self-inflicted. Under the influence of socialist communism, he once used Nitric acid to remove a tattoo of the Hindu symbol ‘Om’ on his skin. He was subjected to  caning at school for not saluting a British military officer. He reportedly gave himself the nickname ‘ Maarkhaana ’, which was the equivalent of the English term ‘ punching bag ’. Sukhdev had 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 ...