Mumbai, November 21 (Language) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday paid tribute to the martyrs at Hutatma Chowk in Mumbai on the occasion of Martyrdom Memorial Day.
The Hutatma Chowk (Martyrs’ Chowk) memorial in South Mumbai commemorates the 107 people killed in police firing during the movement for the creation of Maharashtra state in 1955–56.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar also paid floral tributes to the martyrs, an official release said.
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