Bhagat Singh
Date of Birth
:
Sep 27, 1907
Date of Death
:
Mar 23, 1931
Place of Birth
:
Jalandhar
Bhagat Singh (September 27, 1907 - March
23, 1931) was an Indian revolutionary, considered to be one of the most
famous martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle. For this reason, he is
often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (the word shaheed means
"martyr"). Bhagat Singh was born into a Sikh family to Sardar Kishan
Singh and Vidyavati in the Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the
Jalandhar district of Punjab. His uncle, Sardar Ajit Singh, as well as
his father, were great freedom fighters, so Bhagat Singh grew up in a
patriotic atmosphere. Ajit Singh established the Indian Patriots'
Association, along with Syed Haidar Raza, to organize the peasants
against the Chenab Canal Colony Bill. He also established the secret
organization, the Bharat Mata Society. At an early age, Bhagat Singh
started dreaming of uprooting the British empire. Never afraid of
fighting during his childhood, he thought of "growing guns in the
fields," so that he could fight against the British. The Ghadar Movement
left a deep imprint on his mind. Kartar Sing Sarabha, hanged at the age
of 19, became his hero. The massacre at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13,
1919 drove him to go to Amritsar, where he kissed the earth sanctified
by the martyrs' blood and brought back home a little of the soaked soil.
He studied in the D.A.V. School in Lahore. At the age of 16, he used to
wonder why so many Indians could not drive away these fistful of
invaders. In search of revolutionary groups and ideas, he met Sukhdev
and Rajguru. Bhagat Singh, along with the help of Chandrashekhar Azad,
formed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA). The aim of this
Indian revolutionary movement was now defined as not only to make India
independent, but also to create "a socialist India." During the Simon
Commission, Sher-e-Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai was wounded and died later. To
avenge his death, Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Mr. Saunders (one of
the deputy officers in connection with the Simon Commission). When the
British government promulgated the two bills "Trade Union Dispute Bill"
and "Public Safety Bill" which Bhagat Singh and his party thought were
Black Laws aimed at curbing citizens' freedom and civil liberties, they
decided to oppose these bills by throwing a bomb in the Central Assembly
Hall (which is now Lok Sabha). However, things changed, and the
Britishers arrested Bhagat Singh and his friends on April 8, 1929. He
and his friends wanted to be shot dead, since they were termed as
prisoners of war. Their request was not fulfilled, and on March 23,
1931, Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru, and Sukhdev were hanged to death.
This man's only mission in life was to see his country free from British
rule. He did his best and when he was being led to the gallows, he was
satisfied that he had lived up to his principles, irrespective of the
consequences. The only thing that made him sad was that he couldn't do
more for his country.
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