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.
The TMC observes Martyrs’ Day every year on July 21 in remembrance of the 13 people killed in police firing in 1993 during a rally of the Youth Congress, of which Mamata Banerjee was then a leader.