Sukhdev Thapar HSRA ke core member the aur Bhagat Singh-Rajguru ke saath Lahore Shadyantra Case mein phansi paane wale teesre shaheed. Inhe party ke andar "village headmaster" bhi kehte the kyunki ye bahut discipline aur planning wale the.

*Jeevan Parichay*

- *Janm*: 15 May 1907, Ludhiana, Punjab

- *Poora Naam*: Sukhdev Thapar

- *Parivaar*: Chhoti umar mein hi pita Ram Lal Thapar ka dehant ho gaya. Chacha Achint Ram ne pala

- *Padhai*: National College Lahore — yahin Bhagat Singh aur Yashpal jaise krantikariyon se dosti hui

*Krantikari Safar*

College ke time se hi Sukhdev desh ki azaadi ke liye bechain the. 1926 mein Bhagat Singh ke saath milkar *Naujawan Bharat Sabha* banayi taaki Punjab ke yuvaon ko jod sakein.

Baad mein *Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)* ke sabse senior aur bharosemand neta bane. Sukhdev organisation ke liye paisa ikattha karna, naye ladkon ko recruit karna, aur action plan banana — ye sab dekhte the.

*Saunders Hatya Kand - 17 Dec 1928*

Lala Lajpat Rai ki maut ka badla lene ki puri planning mein Sukhdev ka bada role tha. Halanki goli Rajguru aur Bhagat Singh ne chalayi thi, par puri team ko organise karna, safe houses arrange karna, aur farar hone ka plan Sukhdev ne banaya tha.

*Assembly Bomb Case ke Baad*

Jab Bhagat Singh aur Batukeshwar Dutt ne Assembly mein bomb phenkne ke baad giraftari de di, tab baahar se HSRA ko sambhalne ka kaam Sukhdev aur Chandrashekhar Azad ne kiya. Angrez Sukhdev ko pakadne ke liye poore desh mein dhoond rahe the.

*Giraftari aur Jail*

15 April 1929 ko Sukhdev Lahore mein pakde gaye. Jail mein bhi unhone haar nahi maani. Bhagat Singh ke saath 116 din ki bhookh hadtaal mein ye bhi shamil the — maang thi ki raajnaitik qaidi ka darja mile.

Jail se likhe unke khaton mein desh ke liye dard aur azaadi ka jazba saaf dikhta hai. Ek khat mein unhone likha: _"Mere marne ke baad mere dushman bhi kahenge ki ek saccha deshbhakt tha."_

*Shahadat - 23 March 1931*

Lahore Shadyantra Case mein Sukhdev ko bhi phansi ki saza hui. 23 March 1931 ko shaam 7:30 baje Bhagat Singh aur Rajguru ke saath *Lahore Central Jail mein Sukhdev ko bhi phansi di gayi*.

Teeno ne phansi ke takhte par chadhte hue "Inquilab Zindabad" aur "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna" ke naare lagaye. Sukhdev ki umar sirf 23 saal thi.

*Virasaat*

Sukhdev ko aksar Bhagat Singh ke "saathi" ke roop mein yaad kiya jaata hai, lekin wo khud ek bahut bade strategist aur organiser the. Unke bina HSRA ke kai action mumkin hi nahi the.

Ludhiana mein unka janmasthan *Sukhdev Thapar Memorial* bana hua hai. Har saal 23 March ko *Shaheed Diwas* par desh in teeno krantikariyon ko yaad karta hai.

*"Zindagi to apne dam par jee jaati hai... dusron ke kandhon par to janaze uthaye jaate hain."*