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Punjab Marks Shaheed Udham Singh Day With Holiday and Memorial Tributes

Offices closed across Punjab for Udham Singh’s martyrdom day, featuring official memorials led by top leaders, new infrastructure dedications

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini paying tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh at the freedom fighter’s birthplace of Sunam in Punjab on his 86th martyrdom anniversary on Thursday. (HT Photo)
The Punjab government has declared a public holiday on July 31 to observe the martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Udham Singh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to freedom fighter Udham Singh on his Shaheedi Diwas on Thursday. (HT file photo)
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Overview

  • Punjab observed July 31 as a full gazetted holiday, with schools, government offices and corporations shuttered statewide in honor of Udham Singh’s sacrifice.
  • The Bhawanigarh-Sunam-Bhikhi-Kot-Shamir road has been officially renamed after Udham Singh, and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has formally requested the Centre to rechristen the Patiala-Bhawanigarh national highway stretch.
  • Chief Minister Mann and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal co-hosted a state-level memorial service in Sunam, joined by Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini who paid floral tributes and planted a sapling at the martyr’s museum.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh posted tributes on social media, underscoring cross-party recognition of Udham Singh’s anti-colonial legacy.
  • As part of ongoing commemorations, Mann and Kejriwal laid the foundation stone for ₹85 crore development projects in Sunam to enhance memorial infrastructure honoring the revolutionary.