Bhagat Singh Memorial Fair in Pakistan
| Bhagat Singh Memorial Fair in Pakistan भगत सिंह स्मारक मेला, पाकिस्तान | |
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 Bhagat Singh aged 22 years in 1929 | |
| Status | ctive |
| Genre | fair |
| Date(s) | 23 March |
| Begins | 9 am |
| Ends | 5 pm |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Venue | Bhagat Singh Birth Place Memorial in Pakistan |
| Location(s) | Banga, Pakistan |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Years active | since 2014 |
| Inaugurated | 23 March 2014 |
| Founder | Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi |
| Organised by | Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation of Pakistan |
| Sponsor | Government of Punjab, Pakistan |
Bhagat Singh Memorial Fair in Pakistan (भगत सिंह स्मारक मेला, पाकिस्तान), in memory of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, is held every year on his martyrdom day of 23 March in village Banga, Pakistan of Faisalabad District (previously called Lyallpur) in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1][2]
Bhagat Singh Birth Place Memorial
It was in 1907 that Bhagat Singh, the famous Indian martyr was born here.[3] Bhagat Singh's ancestral village was near Banga, India, his family had just moved and was living in the canal colonies of called chak 105 GB which in now renamed Banga, Pakistan in Layallpur district (now called Faisalabad district) where people from the area of Banga, India had settled when he was born there. It is very old village. Still there are many historical houses built by sikhs, who migrated to India after the Partition of India.[1]
The Bhagat Singh Birth Place Memorial in Pakistan is based in Banga village in Faisalabad District (previously called Lyallpur) in the Punjab province of Pakistan where Bhagat Singh was born in 1907.[1] Government of Pakistan has declared it a national heritage site, Government of Punjab, India has offered help for the purchase and setting up of a world class memorial and the Government of Pakistan has already spent 5 crore rupees to preserve the site.[2][4][5]
Gallery
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Photograph of the staff and students of the National College, Lahore founded in 1921 by Lala Lajpat Rai with a view to training students for the non-cooperation movement. Standing, fourth from the right, is Bhagat Singh, later to be executed by the British Raj for his revolutionary activities.
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File:Bhagat Singh's execution Lahore Tribune Front page
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Bhagat Singh Death Certificate
External links
References
- 1 2 3 Location of Banga – Falling Rain Genomics
- 1 2 For Bhagat Singh’s memorial in Pakistan, Punjab state of India offers help
- ↑ He left a rich legacy for the youth, Chaman Lal
- ↑ Punjab in India offers to bear the expenses of Bhagat Singh memorial in Pakistan
- ↑ Bhagat Singh birth place memorial gets a face lift