LAHORE: The government in Pakistan’s Punjab has opened the Bhagat Singh Gallery at the historical Poonch House here, where the freedom fighter’s trial was conducted around 93 years ago.
The gallery houses historical documents, including pictures, letters, newspapers, details of the trial and other memorial articles related to his life and contributions to the freedom struggle.
Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman inaugurated the gallery on Monday. “Tourists will have access to the gallery under an agreement between the departments of industry, commerce and tourism of the Punjab government,” Zaman said. He further said that the historical building of Poonch House had been restored to its original form.
Singh, 23, was hanged by British rulers on March 23, 1931, in Lahore, after being tried under charges for hatching a conspiracy against the colonial government. Pakistan’s Punjab Archives Department displayed records of the legendary freedom fighter’s case file, including his execution certificate, letters, photographs and newspaper clippings and other material, for the first time in 2018.
The record, which was put on display, included Singh’s request for providing the court order dated August 27, 1930, and his petition dated May 31, 1929, for the interview of his father.
It also contained a petition of his father, Sardar Kishan Singh, against the death sentence of his son and the certificate of the execution of his death in Lahore district jail by the superintendent of jail, dated March 23, 1931.
The records further include Bhagat Singh’s petition for allowing him daily newspapers and books, and some other records related to the manifesto of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha Lahore by BC Vohra and several clippings of the daily VIRBHARAT.