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Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
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Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)
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Shivaram Rajguru
Indian anti-colonial revolutionary and independence activist (1908–1931)
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Sukhdev Thapar
Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)
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Indian independence movement
Movement to end British rule in India
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