* Martyr's Day of Shaheed Diwas is observed on January 30 every year in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
* Martyr's Day or 'Shaheed Diwas' also aims at paying respect to the freedom fighters who gave up their lives in the fight for India's independence.
* On January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation was assassinated at Gandhi Smriti in the Birla House during his evening prayers.
* He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, who opposed Gandhi's views on the partition of India.
* Ever since then, India observes that day as Shaheed Diwas to mourn the loss of its greatest freedom fighter.
* Shaheed Diwas witnesses the president, Vice President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister gather at Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi at Rajghatin NEw Dhlhi.
* The organisers have said they will form a human chain, observe day-long fasts and light candles to observe the occasion.