National Martyrs Week begins on Thursday

Kathmandu, Jan 24 (RSS): The National Martyrs Week is being observed from Thursday in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in various movements waged for the establishment and restoration of democracy in the country.
Kathmandu Metropolis has informed that various programmes would be organized to mark the Martyrs Week. The observation of the Martyrs Week had begun since 2012BS under the coordination of Kathmandu Metropolis.
The week especially commemorates the sacrifices of the freedom fighters as martyrs Shukraraj Shastri, Dharmabhakta Mathema, Ganga Lal Shrestha and Dasharath Chand. They were killed by then autocratic Rana regime for their move of freedoms.
While demanding freedoms, Shastri was hanged at Pachali of Teku on Magh 10, 1997 BS; Mathema at Shiphal on Magh 13; while Shrestha and Chand shot dead at Shovabhagawati on Magh 15 the same year.
On the first day of the week, Acting Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel will unveil the life size statue of Shukraraj Shastri at the place he was executed.
Similarly, the statues of other martyrs will be garlanded.
On 30 January, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to make floral tribute to all known and unknown martyrs at the Martyrs Memorial of Lainchaur, Kathmanudu, after a morning rally to be held from Ratnapark to Lainchaur, said an officer at Kathmandu Metropolis, Dhanapati Sapkota.
All three governments will hold various memorial programmes throughout the week across the country.