Assassination of J. P. Saunders

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The Assassination of J. P. Saunders was a pivotal 1928 revolutionary act in the Indian independence movement, carried out in Lahore as retaliation for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai and significantly elevating the prominence of its young nationalist perpetrators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Indian independence movement ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ
aftermath intensified police crackdown on revolutionaries ⓘ
led to the Lahore Conspiracy Case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Saunders killing ⓘ
associatedOrganization Hindustan Socialist Republican Association ⓘ
associatedWith Bhagat Singh trial ⓘ
cause police lathi charge on Simon Commission protest ⓘ
cityAtTime Lahore (now in Pakistan) ⓘ
commemoratedIn Indian revolutionary literature ⓘ
films about Bhagat Singh ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
date 1928-12-17 ⓘ
followedBy Bhagat Singh’s arrest ⓘ
Bhagat Singh’s execution in 1931 ⓘ
goal avenge Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
strike a blow against British authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod late colonial period in India ⓘ
ideologicalContext anti-colonial nationalism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism in India ⓘ
impact inspired youth participation in the Indian independence movement ⓘ
legalCase Lahore Conspiracy Case ⓘ
location Lahore ⓘ
Lahore, British India ⓘ
Lahore, Punjab ⓘ
linked to: Lahore
mediaCoverage widely reported in Indian nationalist press ⓘ
method shooting ⓘ
motive retaliation for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
natureOfAct revolutionary violence ⓘ
organisedBy Hindustan Socialist Republican Association ⓘ
partOf revolutionary activities in the Indian independence movement ⓘ
perpetrator Bhagat Singh ⓘ
Shivaram Rajguru ⓘ
Sukhdev Thapar ⓘ
politicalContext British colonial rule in India ⓘ
precededBy Simon Commission arrival in India ⓘ
death of Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
relatedTo Lala Lajpat Rai ⓘ
Simon Commission protests ⓘ
linked to: Simon Commission
significance elevated Bhagat Singh to national prominence ⓘ
galvanized revolutionary sentiment against British rule in India ⓘ
victim John P. Saunders ⓘ
victimOccupation assistant superintendent of police ⓘ
weaponUsed pistol ⓘ
year 1928 ⓘ

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Shivaram Rajguru → notableWork → Assassination of J. P. Saunders ⓘ
subject linked to: Rajguru