Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pays Tribute to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their death anniversary.

"Salute to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who laid their lives for the country. Tributes to these great patriots," tweeted PM Modi, who is on his first visit to Punjab after assuming office to pay homage to the freedom fighters at Hussainiwala where their last rites were performed in 1931.

PM Modi tweeted, 

In Punjab today. Will pay homage to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev & Rajguru at Hussainiwala & will go to Golden Temple & Jallianwala Bagh.

- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 23, 2015

Born in September 1907, Bhagat Singh, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, was hanged on March 23, 1931 along with Rajguru and Sukhdev in Lahore.