NGO wants 'Chowk' named after Bhagat Singh in Lahore
Lahore,
Dec
7:
The
Institute
of
Peace
Studies,
an
NGO,
has
requested
the
District
authorities
to
name
the
Shadman
Chowk
in
Lahore,
where
freedom
fighter
Bhagat
Singh
was
hanged
by
the
British
rulers
for
launching
a
movement
against
the
imperialist
power
in
1931,
after
the
revolutionary.
In a letter to the District Coordination Officer (DCO), the institute director Saeeda Diep said Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary freedom fighter who launched the struggle against the imperialist powers in this region, reported The News.
The centennial birth anniversary of the freedom fighter was being marked across the globe, especially in the subcontinent, and the Pakistan government is celebrating this year with the same zeal, the letter added.
Punjab Governor Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool had also announced to build a monument to honour the struggle of Bhagat Singh in his village near Jaranwala, Dayal Singh Cultural Forum Director Dr Zafar Ali Cheema was quoted, as saying.
Cheema further said that Pakistan's founder Qaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah delivered a thorough speech in defence of Bhagat Singh in the British Assembly in 1930.
It was Maulana Zaffar Ali Khan, the famous Urdu journalist in pre-partition India, who for the first time, floated the title of "Shaheed" for Bhagat Singh, he said.
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