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1.

Sukhdev Thapar was an Indian freedom fighter who opted for the
revolutionary methods to throw out the Britishers from India during
his struggle for the independence of India.
2. He was an active member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
3. He participated in various anti-colonial activities.
4. He was hanged to death on 23 March 1931 at the Lahore Central
Jail by the Britishers for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy
case in 1929.
5. Sukhdev Thapar was named in the assassination of J. P. Saunders
in December 1927 along with his companions Bhagat Singh and
Rajguru. J. P. Saunders was the Assistant Superintendent of Police,
and he killed the senior Indian freedom fighter, Lala Lajpat Rai. The
killing of Saunders was revenge for the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.
6. Sukhdev Thapar, Bhagat Singh, and Rajguru were executed by the
Britishers on 23 March 1931 at Lahore Central Jail. The bodies of the
trio were cremated by the Britishers secretly at the banks of the Sutlej
river so that they could avert public anger. The Tribune, a leading
newspaper of India, printed the news of execution on the front page
of the newspaper soon after the execution.

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