Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah paid tributes on National Forest Martyrs' Day on Wednesday and said that everyone who is benefiting from nature has a responsibility to protect nature.
The day is celebrated annually on Magh 16 (End of January), according to the Nepali calendar with various programs in memory of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the establishment and restoration of democracy and freedom.
Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Minister Vijay Chaudhary, Sheela Mandal and other dignitaries paid tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on Martyrs' day (Shaheed Diwas) here on Thursday.
On Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas) on Thursday, several Bollywood celebs including Sonu Sood, Abhishek Bachchan and others paid their heartfelt tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev on social media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru on Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas) today and said that these are greats who made an unparalleled contribution to our freedom struggle.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday attended a prayer meeting organised on Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi.
The Chief Minister offered floral tributes at the statue of Bapu at GPO in presence of school children who also paid their respects to the Mahatma through recitation of bhajans.
The Republic Day celebrations are going to be week-long commencing on January 23, the birth anniversary of great national icon Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and culminating on January 30 which is observed as Martyrs' Day.
Overseas Bangladeshis on Wednesday (local time) protested in front of the Pakistan Consulate and at Times Square in New York to mark Intellectual Martyrs Day.