Sukhdev Thapar

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Sukhdev Thapar
Born	15 May 1907 Rajgurunagar, Pune, Maharashtra, British India
Died	Lahore, British India, (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Nationality	Indian
Organization	Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Movement	Indian Independence movement

Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary, born in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India.

Revolutionary activities

Sukhdev Thapar was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), and organised revolutionary cells in Punjab and other areas of North India. He also taught at the National College in Lahore, where he and other revolutionaries also established the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, an organisation involved in various activities intended mainly to prepare youths for the struggle for independence and putting an end to communalism.

Sukhdev is best remembered for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case of 18 December 1928 and its aftermath. He was an accomplice of Bhagat Singh, and Shivaram Rajguru, whose conspiracy led to the assassination of Deputy Superintendent of Police, J. P. Saunders in 1928 in response to the violent death of a veteran leader, Lala Lajpat Rai. After the Central Assembly Hall bombings in New Delhi on 8 April 1929, the conspirators were arrested and convicted of their crime.

Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

On 23 March 1931, the three men were hanged. Their bodies were secretly cremated on the banks of the Satluj river.

See also

• Chandrashekar Azad
• Kakori Train Robbery
• Guru Radha Kishan
• Thakur Roshan Singh
• Ram Prasad Bismil
• Bhai Parmanand