Did Prakash Javadekar just say Bose, Nehru were hanged?

Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar is in a fresh round of controversy after a video going viral online gives the impression that he's got his history lessons all wrong.

While paying homage to freedom fighters, Javadekar said, "We salute our freedom fighters. So many bravehearts - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Pandit Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, all who were hanged, revolutionary Savarkarji and all other great fighters."

The verdict on what he meant by the statement is dividing social media. While some people are accusing Javadekar of muddling up his history by saying Bose and Nehru were hanged, there are others who are treating it as a case of the missing comma.

.@htTweets should be embarrassed by this story. Clear from quote that hanging refers to Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. pic.twitter.com/On8EJQ2luHSadanand Dhume (@dhume) August 23, 2016

Hi @ANI_news. Fixed it for u. Imagine how missing a comma and one word can change the meaning entirely. Deliberate? pic.twitter.com/9kqn7rA5mrVande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) August 23, 2016

MalayaliHindiDisclaimers apply. But I don't think he said that. https://t.co/IAebLb8CWUChandi Ki Chidiya (@sidin) August 23, 2016

No he didn't say that. Media filled with idiots. https://t.co/mSbAOD1ypqRaju Das | ???? ??? (@rajudasonline) August 23, 2016

Prakash Javadekar proves, once again, that literacy is not mandatory for one to become a Minister in the Modi government.lindsay pereira (@lindsaypereira) August 23, 2016

Bose's disappearance is an enduring mystery of modern Indian history.Seems Javadekar James Bond has cracked the case https://t.co/YL1YWqZVvxChirpy Girl Says (@IndianPrism) August 23, 2016

Inaccurate reporting? Comma placement indicates Javadekar said Bhagat Singh and Rajguru were hanged, not the rest. https://t.co/SnJnuRcGMlNilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) August 23, 2016

This is not the first time that BJP leaders have mixed up their histories and got their facts wrong. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Lok Sabha election campaign had said that Chandragupta Maurya was from Gupta dynasty. He also said that Alexander's army conquered the entire world, but was defeated by the Biharis. In another incident, BJP president Amit Shah had said that the founder of the Ahom Kingdom had defeated Mughals 17 times, even though the Mughal dynasty was founded much later, in fact, 300 years later.

In Javadekar's defense, however, it could just be that he meant to refer to all those who were hanged like Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. A comment as ignorant is hard to expect from a man as learned as Javadekar.

Take a look at the video and judge for yourself:

#WATCH HRD Min Prakash Javadekar says "SC Bose, Sardar Patel, Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru sabhi phaansi par chade"https://t.co/JSgXjcVmAmANI (@ANI_news) August 23, 2016