Lahore, March 26: More than eight decades after his martyrdom, 160 files related to Bhagat Singh and his comrades’ trial, which were lying in oblivion in Lahore, are set to see light of the day.
On Monday, the Pakistan Government will, for the first time ever, put on display these files.
This was decided at a meeting of top Punjab government bureaucrats, headed by chief secretary Zahid Saeed, which proclaimed Bhagat Singh as “hero of both India and Pakistan”.
The exhibition will take place at Anarkali tomb in Lahore, which houses the Punjab Archive Department.
The Tribune was the first to report about the content of these files through its four-part series in 2016.
The series ultimately led to the discovery of Bhagat Singh’s pistol in Central School of Weapons and Tactics, Indore, which has been now placed at Hussainiwala border museum.
These files have remained a special area of interest for historians, but despite numerous attempts, nobody was ever allowed to access the files.
So far, no international scholar has been allowed access to the files. The Tribune’s story was based on the notes gathered by Dr Aparna Vaidik, an associate professor of history at a private university in Haryana.
The files can shed new light on unknown aspects of the revolutionary struggle and life of the martyr.
Source Tribune India
