Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru were hanged on 23 March 1931 – This is how PM Narendra Modi paid tribute today Thursday March 23,2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday March 23,2017 paid tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru, and SukhdevThapar on the day of their martyrdom.

India will never forget their courage and sacrifice, tweeted the PM.

The trio were hanged in Lahore jail on March 23, 1931.

Bhagat Singh, who was 23-year-old at the time of his hanging, was born in Banga village of Faisalabad district (previously called Lyallpur) in the Punjab province (now in Pakistan) in 1907.

March 23 is observed as Martyr`s Day in Punjab.