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Shaheed Diwas 2025 Highlights: 'Terror unleashed on Bengali language, BJP intruding upon our basic freedoms', says CM Mamata at rally
July 22, 2025 12:22 pm
Shaheed Diwas Rally Today Highlights: The annual Shahid Diwas rally commemorates the death of 13 Youth Congress workers in 1993 after the police resorted to lathi-charge and opened fire at protesters demanding that voter ID be made the sole document required for voting
Omar hops a fence to reach Martyrs’ cemetery: ‘Policemen sometimes forget the law’
July 15, 2025 2:44 am
Martyrs' Day Row: CM drove there a day after he and other political leaders were confined inside their homes
TMC district leaders to meet in Kolkata today, discuss July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally
June 14, 2025 1:44 am
This year’s rally holds special significance, as it will be the last Martyrs’ Day gathering before the 2026 State Assembly elections
Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary 2025: Know the date, history, and significance of Martyrs' Day
January 30, 2025 11:13 am
Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary 2025: Every year on January 30, India observes Martyrs' Day to honour those who made sacrifices for their nation.
Takeaways from Mamata’s Martyrs’ Day rally: Targeting Modi govt, offering shelter to ‘helpless’ Bangladeshis, show of regional straps
July 22, 2024 9:44 am
Akhilesh Yadav addressed the mega TMC rally along with Mamata and Abhishek Banerjee, even as TMC supremo issued a stern warning to errant party leaders and workers
How did July 21 come to be marked as Shaheed Diwas?
July 21, 2024 2:33 pm
The rally is going to be the party's biggest political event in the annual calendar as it steps ahead to outline its plans and strategy.
Signals Mamata is expected to send at TMC’s Martyrs’ Day event today
July 21, 2024 11:16 am
Akhilesh Yadav expected to attend event in Kolkata, hold meeting with Bengal CM, Abhishek Banerjee about Opposition strategy for Budget Session
Akhilesh Yadav to be present, leaders from Sena UBT likely to attend TMC’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ mega rally in Kolkata tomorrow
July 20, 2024 8:01 pm
Mamata Banerjee said, “We informed the railway more than one month ago. I was the railway minister; I know how the railway works. They should have increased the frequency of trains to disperse the crowd smoothly but they didn’t.”
In Kashmir, leaders across political spectrum say put under house arrest on Martyrs’ Day
July 14, 2024 7:15 am
BJP ally Altaf Bukhari claims prevented from going towards the martyrs’ cemetery
Shaheed Diwas: When Bhagat Singh rebuked his father for writing a mercy plea
March 24, 2024 12:16 pm
In a final bid to save his son, Bhagat Singh’s father wrote to the tribunal, pleading that his son was innocent, and the judges grant him mercy. Bhagat Singh, however, was not willing to compromise on his principles.
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Floral tributes, prayer meets remembering Mahatma Gandhi: How Martyrs' Day was observed across India
January 31, 2023 5:43 pm
Seventy-five years ago on this day (January 30), 35-year-old Nathuram Godse fired three shots from point-blank range that hit Mahatma Gandhi in the chest, stomach, and groin, leading to his death.
At Martyrs' Day rally, Mamata flays BJP, sets tone for 2024 polls
July 21, 2022 4:49 pm
At the Martyrs' Day rally, Mamata Banerjee criticised the BJP for destroying institutions of the country, contending that those who had no role in the Independence struggle are now trying to rewrite the country's history.
Martyrs' Day: Leaders pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary
January 30, 2022 9:19 pm
"Remembering Bapu on his Punya Tithi. It is our collective endeavour to further popularise his noble ideals," Modi tweeted.
TMC's Martyrs’ day rally goes virtual amidst Covid-19 pandemic
July 21, 2020 4:02 pm
The rally, held in memory of the 13 youth Congress workers killed in police firing in Kolkata on July 21, 1993, is usually held at Esplanade in the heart of Kolkata.
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