Veer Baal Diwas 2025: PM addresses national programme at Bharat Mandapam
Veer Baal Diwas was observed on 26 December 2025, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the national programme at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, in memory of the Sahibzadas.
Summary
Veer Baal Diwas was observed on 26 December 2025, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the national programme at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Veer Baal Diwas is observed every year on 26 December to honour Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji, the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, who were bricked alive at Sirhind (present-day Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab) on 26 December 1704 for refusing to give up their faith. In the address, Modi said the colonial mindset was seeded by Macaulay in 1835 and that India would show complete freedom from it by 2035, 200 years later.
Key facts
- Observed
- 26 December every year
- Honours
- Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji
- Martyrdom
- Sirhind (Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab), 26 December 1704
- 2025 programme
- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi; addressed by PM Modi
- PM on colonial mindset
- Seeded by Macaulay in 1835; freedom from it by 2035
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Veer Baal Diwas, observed on 26 December, honours which two Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh Ji?
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Correct answer: C — Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh
PIB backgrounder: Veer Baal Diwas honours Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji and Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji, the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
The two youngest Sahibzadas were martyred on 26 December 1704 at:
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Correct answer: C — Sirhind (Fatehgarh Sahib)
PIB backgrounder: they were bricked alive and martyred at Sirhind (present-day Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab) on 26 December 1704.
In his Veer Baal Diwas 2025 address, the Prime Minister said the colonial mindset was seeded by Macaulay in which year?
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Correct answer: D — 1835
PIB 2208811: the PM said the mentality was seeded by British politician Macaulay in 1835, and that 2035 will mark 200 years.