Fake Message Revived Claiming Bhagat Singh Was Hanged On February 14

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The same claim was viral in 2019. BOOM had then gone through historical accounts and found that Singh was first arrested on April 8, 1929, from Central Assembly in Delhi. The trial in this case, which began on May 7, 1929, resulted in Singh being convicted and transported for life. Singh was also later named as a co-accused in the Lahore conspiracy case wherein a British police officer John P Saunders was shot to death. As per Singh's death certificate and other historical evidences, he along with the other two revolutionaries, were hanged to death on March 23, 1931. The Tribune, which covered the trial extensively back then, had reported on its front page on March 25, 1931, the hanging of the three freedom fighters. In his book, the eminent law scholar AG Noorani has mentioned the date on which the death sentence was passed as October 7, 1930. The descendants of Sukhdev had reiterated that the death sentence was announced on October 7, 1930 and he was executed on March 23, 1931. The government of India recognises March 23 as Martyrs' day not February 14.