Shahid Diwas

Shahid Diwas or Martyrs’ day is an annual public holiday celebration by the Nepalese as a way of remembering and giving honor to people who sacrificed their lives to fight for what is right for the country and its people. Specifically in memory of the four martyrs who were executed in 1941: Dharma Bhakta Mathema, Dashrath Chand, Gangalal Shrestha, and Shukraraj Shastri. They gave their precious and youthful lives to tear down the autocratic Rana family rule. The Rana rulers felt those four youths were a great threat to their tyrannical regime. Shukra Raj Shatri and Dharma Bhakta Mathema were hanged, and Ganga Lal Shrestha and Dashrath Chand were shot for asking a little bit of human rights for Nepalese people.

Former royal regime has constructed a gate called Shahid (Martyrs’) Gate with the statues of those four martyrs at four different corners and then one level above built the statue of former King Tribhuvan.