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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba paying homage to all known un-known martyrs at the Martyr's Memorial Park in Lainchaur.Photo: RSS
The Martyr’s Day is being observed across the country today with various programmes. The day is marked every year on Magh 16 in the Nepali calendar in memory of the people who sacrificed their lives during different times to establish and restore democracy.
The government has announced to observe a week-long martyr’s day from Magh 10 to 16 with various programmes.
A team of people from various walks of life including the Prime Minister, ministers, high ranking officials of the government, people’s representatives and officials of security agencies along with a band of musicians is scheduled to take out a procession from Shanti Batika at Ratnapark to conclude at the Martyr’s Monument at the Martyr’s Memorial Park in Lainchaur where they will offer garlands to known and unknown martyrs. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba paid homage to the martyrs at the program there.
Similarly, a program was scheduled at the National Martyr’s Memorial under construction at Gokarneshwor in Kathmandu.
Minister for Forest and Environment Ram Sahaya Yadav was present in the programme as a chief guest, said Sudarshan Sigdel, chair of the Yagyadol community forest users’ group.
Similarly, Kathmandu Metropolitan City also organized a separate program to pay homage to the main four martyrs, while a contingent of the Nepali Army offered a guard of honor to the martyrs.
Shukraraj Shastri, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Dasharath Chand and Gangalal Shrestha are the four martyrs under whose name the martyr’s day is celebrated in the country. They had sacrificed their lives to free the country from the tyranny of Rana rulers.
The then prime minister Judddha Sumsher had announced death penalty for the four martyrs on January 19, 1941. Four days later, martyr Sukraraj was hanged from a tree at Teku. Dharma Bhakta was hanged at Sifal height after seven days. Similarly, Gangalal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand were shot dead on the banks of the Bishnumati River at Sobhabhagwati nine days after the death penalty was announced.
