♦ Pakistan’s Punjab government has opened to tourists the Bhagat Singh Gallery at the historical Poonch House. The gallery houses historical documents, including pictures, letters, newspapers, details of the trial and other memorial articles related to his life and freedom struggle.

♦ Singh, 23, was hanged by British rulers in Lahore on March 23, 1931, after being tried under charges for hatching a conspiracy against the colonial government.