Synopsis A project to compile a national register of martyrs was initiated by the National Implementation Committee for organizing celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the uprising of 1857 and 60 years of India’s independence. The ICHR accepted the project and necessary funds at the request of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was decided that the project will produce a series of volumes entitled Dictionary of Martyrs: India’s Freedom Struggle, 1857-1947, containing brief biographical notes based, to the extent possible, on authentic archival and other contemporary documents.