Bhagat Singh Chowk: Is the new name of Shadman Chowk located in the Eastern City of Lahore (Pakistan)
The Shadman Chowk in the eastern city of Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 September 2012 was renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk
on the 105th birth anniversary of the revolutionary freedom fighter and
martyr, Bhagat Singh. This came up in result of the demand from the
peace activists for renaming the Chowk by the name of Bhagat Singh.
Noorul Amin Mengal, the District Coordination Officer directed the City
District Government to rename Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk.
It was Shadman Chowk roundabout, where Bhagat Singh along with his two companions Sukhdev Singh and Rajguru were hanged on 23 March 1931
in the then Lahore Jail for their alleged involvement in the Lahore
Conspiracy Case. Till 1947, the Chowk was named after the name of Bhagat
Singh, later it was renamed to be Shadman Chowk.
Bhagat Singh’s Dairy and Pamphlet
1. During his term in jail and by the time he was hanged, the martyr who had the habit of maintaining a dairy wrote 404 pages. Views from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the prominent ones available in the dairy.
2. In the prison he also wrote a small pamphlet with title Why I am an Atheist.
1. During his term in jail and by the time he was hanged, the martyr who had the habit of maintaining a dairy wrote 404 pages. Views from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the prominent ones available in the dairy.
2. In the prison he also wrote a small pamphlet with title Why I am an Atheist.
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