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Celebrate Bhagat Singh's martyrdom as Desh Diwas: Kejriwal
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the nation to celebrate \\\'Shaheedi Divas\\\' on Monday as \\ New Delhi, March 22
Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the nation to celebrate 'Shaheedi Divas'
on Monday as "Desh Divas" (National Day) to mark the death of Bhagat
Singh and his associates.
"I appeal to the countrymen to
celebrate this day as Desh Diwas," said the activist-turned-chief
minister in a video message posted on Facebook.
"Let us together
think about the wellness of the nation and do at least one good deed for
the nation today which can provide peace to the departed souls," added
Kejriwal.
Born in September 1907, Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential
revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, was hanged on March
23, 1931 along with Rajguru and Sukhdev in the Lahore prison.
Their final rites were performed at Hussainiwala in Ferozepur district.