Bhopal

MP Culture Directorate organises online photo exhibition of martyrs

Staff Reporter

To pay tribute to great revolutionaries of the country and to remember their sacrifices, an exhibition of photographs was put up online by Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh.

The exhibition was shown on Youtube channel of Directorate of Culture.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru are amongst the bravest revolutionaries of Indian history. They were given death sentence and were hanged by neck till death on March 23. This day is observed as Shaheed Divas. To commemorate their sacrifices, Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan organized the exhibition for the young generation of the city.

There are the rare picture collection including some major events and few posters that narrate the entire story of Bhagat Singh.

The great revolutionary, Bhagat Singh, took J.P. Saunder’s life to avenge the murder of Lala Lajpat Rai. After the execution of Saunders, on December 28, 1928, a message was sent to the public through the poster that stated “We regret to shed the blood of man, but it is compulsory to occasionally shed blood on the altar of revolution. Our aim is to be a revolution that will end human exploitation by humans.”

Such posters and photographs are on view at the exhibition. It is to be noted that over two dozen photo exhibitions have been organized across the country by Anil Verma's prestigious signature in the Indian literature. In this series, Swaraj Sansthan has organized his exhibition Bhagat Singh and his papers.

The pictures of documents like Document of Lahore conspiracy case, letter written by Bhagat Singh to Punjab governor before hanging, handwritten letter by Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sardar's assassination and map of events after him, after writing a bomb in assembly road, written to father Bhagat Singh's childhood photo, along with important documents such as Warrant of execution of execution of execution of Shaheed Azam Bhagat Singh.