Original sentence: According to a report by Frontline, he did plead several times for the commutation of the death sentence of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, including a personal visit on March 19, 1931, and in a letter to the Viceroy on the day of their execution, pleading fervently for commutation, not knowing that the letter would be too late.As I listened to Mr.Gandhi had managed to have 90,000 political prisoners released under the pretext of "relieving political tension," in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact who were not satyagrahis.Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, later said:
Edited sentence: "  He has referred to Gandhiji's personal visit to meet him on March 19 1931.But he did not succeed because the Viceroy's moves were governed from England and these three were a challenge to the Raj and thus were not thought fit for pardon.But in that letter they had not asked for clemency.He did plead for the commutation of the death sentence of the three heroes, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, also.He got 90,000 political prisoners other than satyagrahis released under the pretext of "relieving political tension", in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.However, there is enough evidence to discredit claims that Gandhi didn't make efforts against Bhagat Singh's execution.In fact, he wrote a letter to the Viceroy on the day of their execution, pleading fervently for commutation, not knowing that the letter would be too late.Instead they asked the Viceroy to treat them as prisoners of war and hence to shoot them rather than hang them.Interestingly enough, on the same day, Bhagat Singh and two others had sent off a letter to the Viceroy because their friends coaxed them to do so.Lord Irwin said: "As I listened to Mr.This is evident from the fact that Prannath Mehta, Bhagat Singh's friend visited him in the jail on March 20, four days before his execution, with a draft letter for clemency but he declined to sign it.This shows that Bhagat Singh did not relish the idea of asking for a pardon