Modi remembers Udham Singh on martyrdom day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday remembered freedom fighter Udham Singh on his martyrdom day.

"The valour of Shaheed Udham Singh remains etched in the memory of every Indian. I bow to this brave son of India on his martyrdom day," he said in a tweet.

Born in 1899, Singh was hanged in London's Pentonville Prison for assassinating then Punjab lieutenant governor Michael O'Dwyer to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on July 31, 1940.