New Delhi, March 23 -- Even as India marks the 95th anniversary of the martyrdom of famed revolutionary Bhagat Singh and his comrades, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, hardly anyone at Subhash Park (earlier Edward Park) near Chandni Chowk is aware that it was here Mahatma Gandhi addressed a large public meeting on March 7, 1931, appealing to the Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin, to pardon Bhagat Singh and his comrades from the gallows.
Noted historian Dr Chandar Pal Singh of PGDAV College, University of Delhi, says that in his impassioned appeal, Gandhi said, "I cannot justify the execution of anyone under any circumstances whatsoever."Delhi's connection with Bhagat Singh dates back to the late 1920s, when the young revolutionary and membe...