Bhagat Singh in Lahore

A roundabout in Lahore, which marks the place where Bhagat Singh was hanged, will now be renamed Bhagat Singh Chowk.

Shadman Chowk, a roundabout in Lahore, which marks the place where Bhagat Singh was hanged, will now be renamed Bhagat Singh Chowk. Singh was hanged in March 1931 at the then Lahore Jail, which stood where the chowk now is. Local residents and Indians have hailed the move. District administration chief, Noorul Amin Mengal, recently directed the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) to make arrangements to rename the roundabout. He publicly admonished a CDGL officer for considering a request to rename the chowk Chaudhry Rehmat Ali Chowk. “You know who Bhagat Singh was? He was martyred at this place (Shadman Chowk) after he fought the British by raising a slogan for revolution in the subcontinent,’’ Mengal was quoted as having said in a PTI report.

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