Sangrur, Aug. 16 -- Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora, while addressing the district-level Independence Day function held at Police Line Stadium in Punjab's Sangrur on Friday, said that Punjabis had made a lot of sacrifices during the country's freedom struggle.

"We are the citizens of a free country due to the various movements held for the country's Independence and the struggles made from time to time by Shaheed-e-Azam S. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, S. Kartar Singh Sarabha, Shaheed Udham Singh, Madan Lal Dhingra, Lala Lajpat Rai, Diwan Singh Kalepani and other freedom fighters," Arora said.

"We are proud that Punjabis had made a lot of sacrifices during the country's freedom struggle," he said.

Arora said that Chief Minis...