Raja Nahar Singh was a hero of India's First War of Independence (1857. 9 January, the day in 1858 that he was hanged by the British, is celebrated in Haryana as Balidan Diwas (The Day of Sacrifice). ‘Shaheed Maharaja Nahar Singh Marg’ near Wazirpur Depot in Delhi is a road named after him. India Post issued a postal stamp in his honor.