Shivaram Rajguru

Shivaram Rajguru
Born
Shivaram Hari Rajguru

(1908-08-24)24 August 1908
Khed, Bombay Presidency, British India
(present-day Rajgurunagar, Maharashtra, India)
Died23 March 1931(1931-03-23) (aged 22)
Lahore Central Jail, Punjab, British India
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
OccupationRevolutionary
OrganizationHSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Organisation)
MovementIndian Independence movement
Criminal chargesMurder of John P. Saunders and Chanan Singh
Criminal penaltyCapital punishment
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging

Shivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1908 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary and independence activist. He is best known for his involvement in the 1928 assassination of a British police officer named John P. Saunders. He was an active member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) and on 23 March 1931, he was hanged by the British government along with his associates Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar.

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