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Sukhdev Thapar - The forgotten Revolutionary

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