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Events on Monday 23 March 1931 2
1907 – 1931Bhagat Singh (1907-1931)Died 23 March 1931, aged 23Indian revolutionary who was convicted of killing the British police officer John Saunders. He was hanged in Lahore together with Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru. He is remembered in India as one of the most celebrated martyrs of the independence movement.
1931 – 2016Viktor KorchnoiElite Soviet and Swiss grandmasterViktor Korchnoi challenged for the World Championship multiple times and remained a top-level competitor into old age.