While the first three were hanged on May 8, 1915, in Delhi, Basant Kumar was hanged a day later in Ambala Central Jail. The 'Shaheed Smarak' inside the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) campus, where millions of patients are treated for their illnesses, stands as a reminder of the lives lost during the freedom struggle. "When we joined college, we heard these stories of sacrifice and how this is an important structure of the freedom struggle," said Dr Sunil Kushwaha, a MAMC graduate, currently pursuing his Post Graduate at the Lady Hardinge Medical College. Fifteen years after the Lady Hardinge Medical College, in the same campus, was constructed, the'Phansi Ghar'was still active and seven more were hanged here between 1944 and 1945. The structure has fourteen names of freedom fighters written on it, but locals say that the number is much higher.

Source: dna January 15, 2018 00:56 UTC