Date of birth: August 24, 1908
Place of birth: Maharashtra
Date of death: March 23, 1931
Place of death: Lahore, Punjab, British India
Movement: Indian Independence movement.
Shivaram Hari Rajguru (August 24, 1908 – March 23, 1931) was an Indian revolutionist from Maharashtra. Rajguru was born at Khed near Pune now known as Rajgurunagar, India.[note 1] He was a colleague of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, and took part in the murder of a British police officer, J.P. Saunders, at Lahore) in 1928. The reason behind the murder was to revenge the death of veteran leader Lala Lajpat Rai who died due to injuries sustained during excessive police beating. All three were convicted of the crime and hanged on March 23, 1931. They were cremated at Hussainiwala at the banks of the Sutlej river in Ferozepur district of Punjab.
He was a member of the Hindustan socialist republican army, who wanted India to be freed from British rule by any means necessary. He believed that ferocity against oppression was far more effective against British rule than the gentle ways of Mahatma Gandhi.
Raj guru Market, a shopping complex at Haryana was named in his honor in 1953
