Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh
ਭਗਤ ਿਸੰਘ
‫ب ھگت سنگ ھ‬

Bhagat Singh in prison

28 September 1907
Born
Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
23 March 1931[1][2] (age 23)
Died
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Naujawan Bharat Sabha,
Organization Kirti Kissan Party,
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Influenced by Anarchism, Communism, Socialism
Political movement Indian Independence movement
Religion Sikhism (early life), Atheism[3][4][5][6][7][8] (later life)

Bhagat Singh (Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਿਸੰਘ ‫بھگت سنگھ‬, [pə̀ɡət̪ sɪ́ŋɡ]) (28 September 1907[9] – 23 March 1931[2][1] )
was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of theIndian
independence movement. He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (the word shaheed meaning
"martyr").

Born to a Jat[10] Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj,
Singh, as a teenager, became an atheist and had studied European revolutionary movements. He also
became attracted to anarchism and marxist ideologies.[11] He became involved in numerous revolutionary
organizations. He quickly rose through the ranks of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) and
became one of its leaders, converting it to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). Singh
gained support when he underwent a 64-day fast in jail, demanding equal rights for Indian and British
political prisoners.[12] He was hanged for shooting a police officer in response to the killing of veteran
freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai. His legacy prompted youth in India to begin fighting for Indian
independence and contributed to the rise of socialism in India.[13]

Contents
[hide]

• 1 Early life

• 2 Later revolutionary activities

○ 2.1 Lala Lajpat Rai's death and the

 Saunders murder

○ 2.2 Bomb in the assembly

○ 2.3 Trial and execution

• 3 Ideals and opinions

○ 3.1 Anarchism

○ 3.2 Marxism

○ 3.3 Atheism

○ 3.4 Death

• 4 Controversy

○ 4.1 Last wish

○ 4.2 Conspiracy theories

 4.2.1 Mahatma Gandhi

 4.2.2 Saunders family

• 5 Legacy

○ 5.1 Indian independence movement

○ 5.2 Modern day

• 6 Criticism

• 7 Quotations

• 8 See also

• 9 References

• 10 External links

[edit]Early life

Bhagat Singh's ancestral home.

Bhagat Singh was born into a Sandhu Jatt[11] family to Sardar Kishan Singh Sandhu and Vidyavati in the
Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the Lyallpur district of Punjab.[14] Singh's given name of Bhagat means
"devotee", and he was nicknamed "Bhaganwala" by his grandmother, meaning "The lucky one".[15]He came
from a patriotic Jatt Sikh family, some of whom had participated in movements supporting the
independence of India and others who had served inMaharaja Ranjit Singh's army.[16] His grandfather,
Arjun Singh, was a follower of Swami Dayananda Saraswati's Hindu reformist movement, Arya Samaj,
which would carry a heavy influence on Singh. His uncles, Ajit Singh and Swaran Singh, as well as his
[17]

father were members of the Ghadar Party, led byKartar Singh Sarabha Grewal and Har Dayal. Ajit Singh
was forced to flee to Persia because of pending cases against him while Swaran Singh was hanged on 19
December 1927 for his involvement in the Kakori train robbery of 1925.[18]

Unlike many Sikhs his age, Singh did not attend Khalsa High School in Lahore, because his grandfather
did not approve of the school officials' loyalism to the British authorities.[19] Instead, his father enrolled him
in Dayanand Anglo Vedic High School, an Arya Samajist school.[20] At age 13, Singh began to
followMahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement. At this point he had openly defied the British and
had followed Gandhi's wishes by burning his government-school books and any British-imported clothing.
Following Gandhi's withdrawal of the movement after the violent murders of policemen by villagers
from Chauri Chaura, Uttar Pradesh, Singh, disgruntled with Gandhi's nonviolence action, joined the Young
Revolutionary Movement and began advocating a violent movement against the British.[21]

In 1923, Bhagat famously won an essay competition set by the Punjab Hindi Sahitya Sammelan. This
grabbed the attention of members of the Punjab Hindi Sahitya Sammelan including its General Secretary
Professor Bhim Sen Vidyalankar. At this age, he quoted famous Punjabi literature and discussed
the Problems of the Punjab. He read a lot of poetry and literature which was written by Punjabi writers and
his favourite poet was Allama Iqbal from Sialkot.[22]

In his teenage years, Bhagat Singh started studying at the National College in Lahore,[23] but ran away from
home to escape early marriage, and became a member of the organisation Naujawan Bharat
Sabha ("Youth Society of India").[11] In the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Singh and his fellow revolutionaries
grew popular amongst the youth. He also joined the Hindustan Republican Association through introduction
by history teacher, Professor Vidyalankar,[24] which had prominent leaders like Ram Prasad
Bismil, Chandrashekhar Azad and Ashfaqulla Khan.[25] It is believed that he went to Kanpur to attempt
free Kakori train robbery prisoners from the jail, but returned to Lahore for unknown reasons.[26] On the day
of Dasara in October 1926, a bomb was blasted in Lahore, and Bhagat Singh was arrested for his alleged
involvement in this Dasara Bomb Case in 29 May 1927,[27] and was released on a bail of Rs.60,000 after
about five weeks of his arrest.[28][29] He wrote for and edited Urdu andPunjabi newspapers published
from Amritsar.[30] In September 1928, a meeting of various revolutionaries from across India was called
at Delhi under the banner of the Kirti Kissan Party. Bhagat Singh was the secretary of the meet. His
later revolutionary activities were carried out as a leader of this association.

[edit]Later revolutionary activities

[edit]Lala Lajpat Rai's death and the Saunders murder

A rare historical photograph of students and staff of National College, Lahore, which was started by Lala Lajpat Rai for
education of students participating in the non-cooperation movement. Shaheed Bhagat Singh can be seen standing
fourth from the right.

The British government created a commission under Sir John Simon to report on the current political
situation in India in 1928. The Indian political parties boycotted the commission because it did not include a
single Indian as its member and it was met with protests all over the country. When the commission visited
Lahore on 30 October 1928, Lala Lajpat Rai led the protest against Simon Commission in a silent non-
violent march, but the police responded with violence.[31] Lala Lajpat Rai was beaten with lathis at the chest.
[31]
He later succumbed to his injuries.[31] Bhagat Singh, who was an eyewitness to this event, vowed to take
revenge.[32] He joined with other revolutionaries, Shivaram Rajguru, Jai Gopal and Sukhdev Thapar, in a
plot to kill the police chief, Scott. Jai Gopal was supposed to identify the chief and signal for Singh to shoot.
However, in a case of mistaken identity, Gopal signalled Singh on the appearance of J. P. Saunders, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police. Thus, Saunders, instead of Scott, was shot. Shahid Bhagat Singh quickly
left Lahore to escape the police. To avoid recognition, he shaved his beard and cut his hair, a violation of
the sacred tenets of Sikhism.

[edit]Bomb in the assembly

In the face of actions by the revolutionaries, the British government enacted the Defence of India Act to
give more power to the police.[33] The purpose of the Act was to combat revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh.
[33]
However, the Act was then passed under the ordinance that claimed that it was in the best interest of the
public. In response to this act, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association planned to explode a bomb
in the Central Legislative Assembly where the ordinance was going to be passed. This idea was originated
by Bhagat Singh, who was influenced by a similar bombing by a martyr anarchist Auguste Vaillant in the
French Assembly.[34] It was decided that Bhagat Singh should go to Russia, while Batukeshwar Dutt should
carry on the bombing with Sukhdev.[34] Sukhdev then forced Bhagat Singh to call for another meeting and
here it was decided, against the initial agreement, that Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh would carry on
the bombing.[34] Bhagat Singh also disapproved that the two should be escorted after the bombing by the
rest of the party.[34]
On 8 April 1929, Singh and Dutt threw a bomb onto the corridors of the assembly and shouted "Inquilab
Zindabad!" ("Long Live the Revolution!").[35] This was followed by a shower of leaflets stating that it takes a
loud voice to make the deaf hear.[36]

The bomb neither killed nor injured anyone; Singh and Dutt claimed that this was deliberate on their part, a
claim substantiated both by British forensics investigators who found that the bomb was not powerful
enough to cause injury, and by the fact that the bomb was thrown away from people.[37] Singh and Dutt
gave themselves up for arrest after the bomb.[37] He and Dutt were sentenced to 'Transportation for Life' for
the bombing on 12 June 1929.

[edit]Trial and execution

Front page of The Tribune announcing Bhagat Singh's execution.

This pen was used by the judge to write death sentences to the three martyrs, the broken nib has the name of the
manufacturer, The Latem, Hinks Wells & Co, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

On 15 April 1929, the 'Lahore Bomb Factory' was discovered by the Lahore police, and the other members
of HSRA were arrested, out of which 7 turned informants, helping the police to connect Bhagat Singh in the
murder of J. P. Saunders.[38] Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were charged with the murder. Bhagat
Singh decided to use the court as a tool to publicise his cause for the independence of India.[39] The case
was ordered to be carried out without members of the HSRA present at the hearing. This created an uproar
amongst Singh's supporters as he could no longer publicise his views.
While in jail, Bhagat Singh and other prisoners launched a hunger strike advocating for the rights of
prisoners and those facing trial. The reason for the strike was that British murderers and thieves were
treated better than Indian political prisoners, who, by law, were meant to be given better rights. The aims in
their strike were to ensure a decent standard of food for political prisoners, the availability of books and a
daily newspaper, as well as better clothing and the supply of toiletry necessities and other hygienic
necessities. He also demanded that political prisoners should not be forced to do any labour or undignified
work.[40] During this hunger strike that lasted 63 days and ended with the British succumbing to his wishes,
he gained much popularity among the common Indians. Before the strike his popularity was limited mainly
to the Punjab region.[41]

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, one of the politicians present when the Central Legislative Assembly was bombed,
[42]
made no secret of his sympathies for the Lahore prisoners - commenting on the hunger strike he said
"the man who goes on hunger strike has a soul. He is moved by that soul, and he believes in the justice of
his cause." And talking of Singh's actions said "however much you deplore them and however much you
say they are misguided, it is the system, this damnable system of governance, which is resented by the
people".[43]

On 1 May 1930, by declaring an emergency, an ordinance was passed by Lord Irwin, that shifted the
Lahore Conspiracy Case Trial from the court of Rai Sahib Pandit Sri Kishan to a Special Tribunal of three
judges. This Special Tribunal was given the power to proceed with the case in the absence of the accused
and accept death of the persons giving evidence as a benefit to the defence. Also, the verdict of this
special court could not be challenged in higher court. On 7 October 1930,[44] this tribunal convicted Singh
among others and sentenced him to be hanged till death.[45][46]

An abortive plan had been made to rescue Bhagat Singh and fellow inmates of HSRA from the jail, for the
purpose of which Bhagwati Charan Vohra made bombs, but died making them as they exploded
accidentally.[47]

Bhagat Singh also maintained the use of a diary, which he eventually made to fill 404 pages. In this diary
he made numerous notes relating to the quotations and popular sayings of various people whose views he
supported. Prominent in his diary were the views of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.[48] The comments in his
diary led to an understanding of the philosophical thinking of Bhagat Singh.[49] While in the condemned cell,
he also wrote a pamphlet entitled "Why I am an atheist", as he was being accused of vanity by not
accepting God in the face of death.[50] It is also said that he signed a mercy petition through a comrade
Bijoy Kumar Sinha on 8 March 1931.[51]

On 23 March 1931, Bhagat Singh was hanged in Lahore with his fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev.
His supporters, who had been protesting against the hanging, immediately declared him as ashaheed or
martyr.[52] According to the Superintendent of Police at the time, V.N. Smith, the hanging was advanced:
Normally execution took place at 8 am, but it was decided to act at once before the public could become
aware of what had happened...At about 7 pm shouts of Inquilab Zindabad were heard from inside the jail.
This was correctly, interpreted as a signal that the final curtain was about to drop.[53]

 Bhagat Singh Memorial

Singh was cremated at Hussainiwala on banks of Sutlej river. Today, the Bhagat Singh
Memorial commemorates freedom fighters of India.[52]

 Bhagat Singh Museum

A museum by the name "Shaheed-e-azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Museum" has been built at his maternal
village, where sand and newspaper stained with his blood and his half burnt bones are preserved.[54]

[edit]Ideals and opinions

Bhagat Singh was attracted to anarchism and communism.[11] Both communism and western anarchism
had influence on him. He read the teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky andBakunin.[55][56] Bhagat
Singh did not believe in Gandhian philosophy and felt that Gandhian politics would replace one set of
exploiters with another.[57] Singh was an atheist and promoted the concept of atheism by writing a pamphlet
titled Why I am an Atheist.[58] Bhagat Singh was also an admirer of the writings of Irish
revolutionary Terence MacSwiney.[59] When Bhagat Singh's father petitioned the British government to
pardon his son, Bhagat Singh quoted Terence MacSwiney and said ""I am confident that my death will do
more to smash the British Empire than my release" and told his father to withdraw the petition.[60]

Some of his writings like "Blood Sprinkled on the Day of Holi Babbar Akalis on the Crucifix" were influenced
by the struggle of Dharam Singh Hayatpur.[61]

[edit]Anarchism

From May to September, 1928, Bhagat Singh serially published several articles on anarchism in Punjabi
periodical Kirti.[11] He expressed concern over misunderstanding of the concept of anarchism among the
public. Singh tried to eradicate the misconception among people about anarchism. He wrote, "The people
are scared of the word anarchism. The word anarchism has been abused so much that even in India
revolutionaries have been called anarchist to make them unpopular." As anarchism means absence of ruler
and abolition of state, not absence of order, Singh explained, "I think in India the idea of universal
brotherhood, the Sanskrit sentence vasudhaiva kutumbakam etc., has the same meaning." He wrote about
the growth of anarchism,"the first man to explicitly propagate the theory of Anarchism was Proudhon and
that is why he is called the founder of Anarchism. After him a Russian, Bakunin, worked hard to spread the
doctrine. He was followed by Prince Kropotkinetc."[11]

Singh explained anarchism in the article:

The ultimate goal of Anarchism is complete independence, according to which no one will be obsessed with God

or religion, nor will anybody be crazy for money or other worldly desires. There will be no chains on the body or
control by the state. This means that they want to eliminate: the Church, God and Religion; the state; Private

property.[11]

[edit]Marxism

Bhagat Singh was also influenced by Marxism. Indian historian K. N. Panikkar described Singh as one of
the early Marxists in India.[57] From 1926, Bhagat Singh studied the history of the revolutionary movement in
India and abroad. In his prison notebooks, Singh used quotations from Vladmir Lenin (on imperialism being
the highest stage of capitalism) and Trotsky on revolution.[11] In written documents, when asked what was
his last wish, he replied that he was studying the life of Lenin and he wanted to finish it before his death.[62]

[edit]Atheism

Singh began to question religious ideologies after witnessing the Hindu-Muslim riots that broke out after
Gandhi disbanded the Non-Cooperation Movement.[63] He did not understand how members of these two
groups, initially united in fighting against the British, could be at each others' throats because of their
religious differences. At this point, Singh dropped his religious beliefs, since he believed religion hindered
the revolutionaries' struggle for independence, and began studying the works of Bakunin, Lenin, Trotsky —
all atheist revolutionaries. He also took an interest in Niralamba Swami's[64]book Common Sense, which
advocated a form of "mystic atheism".[65]

While in a condemned cell in 1931, he wrote a pamphlet entitled Why I am an Atheist in which he
discusses and advocates the philosophy of atheism. This pamphlet was a result of some criticism by fellow
revolutionaries on his failure to acknowledge religion and God while in a condemned cell, the accusation of
vanity was also dealt with in this pamphlet. He supported his own beliefs and claimed that he used to be a
firm believer in The Almighty, but could not bring himself to believe the myths and beliefs that others held
close to their hearts. In this pamphlet, he acknowledged the fact that religion made death easier, but also
said that unproved philosophy is a sign of human weakness.[66]

[edit]Death

Bhagat Singh was known for his appreciation of martyrdom. His mentor as a young boy was Kartar Singh
Sarabha.[67] Singh is himself considered a martyr for acting to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. In the
leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 9 April 1929, he stated that It is easy to kill individuals but you
cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled while the ideas survived.[68] After engaging in studies on the
Russian Revolution, he wanted to die so that his death would inspire the youth of India which in turn will
unite them to fight the British Empire.

While in prison, Bhagat Singh and two others had written a letter to the Viceroy asking him to treat them as
prisoners of war and hence to execute them by firing squad and not by hanging. Prannath Mehta, Bhagat
Singh's friend, visited him in the jail on 20 March, four days before his execution, with a draft letter for
clemency, but he declined to sign it.[69]

[edit]Controversy
Bhagat Singh's life is the subject of controversy.

[edit]Last wish
Many believe that Bhai Randhir Singh, a revolutionary of 1st Lahore Conspiracy Case and Gadhar, prison
inmate and a known figure in Sikh circles, met with Bhagat Singh in condemned cells in Lahore Central Jail
on 4 October 1930, when Randhir Singh was released from the jail, as mentioned in his book "Jail
Chithiyan" by Randhir Singh himself.[70][71][72] Bhagat was condemned on 7 October 1930 contradicting his
presence in condemned cells on the 4 October.[73] According to Randhir Singh, Bhagat mentioned to him,
that he (Bhagat Singh) had shaven "hair and beard under pressingcircumstances" and that "It was for the
service of the country" that his companions "compelled him to give up the Sikh appearance" adding to it
that he was "ashamed".[74][75] He had expressed, as his last wish before being hanged, the desire to get
"amrit" from Randhir Singh and to once again adorn the 5 k's.[75][76] However, his last wish, of getting "amrit"
was not granted by the British.[76]Some scholars are skeptic about this meeting as, Randhir Singh being the
only source of information about sudden change in Bhagat Singh's point of view towards religion casts
doubts, as Bhagat Singh had been a strong critic of religion."[77][78][79]

[edit]Conspiracy theories
Many conspiracy theories exist regarding Singh, especially the events surrounding his death:

[edit]Mahatma Gandhi

One of the most popular ones is that Mahatma Gandhi had an opportunity to stop Singh's execution but did
not. A variation of this theory is that Gandhi actively conspired with the British to have Singh executed.
Gandhi's supporters say that Gandhi did not have enough influence with the British to stop the execution,
much less arrange it. Furthermore, Gandhi's supporters assert that Singh's role in the independence
movement was no threat to Gandhi's role as its leader, and so Gandhi would have no reason to want him
dead.

Gandhi, during his lifetime, always maintained that he was a great admirer of Singh's patriotism. He also
said that he was opposed to Singh's execution (and, for that matter, capital punishment in general) and
proclaimed that he had no power to stop it. On Singh's execution, Gandhi said, "The government certainly
had the right to hang these men. However, there are some rights which do credit to those who possess
them only if they are enjoyed in name only."[80] Gandhi also once said, on capital punishment, "I cannot in
all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives
it."

Gandhi had managed to have 90,000 political prisoners who were not members of
his Satyagraha movement released under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.[citation needed] According to a report in the
Indian magazine Frontline, he did plead several times for the commutation of the death sentence of Bhagat
Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, including a personal visit on 19 March 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.
[69]
Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, later said:

As I listened to Mr. Gandhi putting the case for commutation before me, I reflected first on what significance
it surely was that the apostle of non-violence should so earnestly be pleading the cause of the devotees of
a creed so fundamentally opposed to his own, but I should regard it as wholly wrong to allow my judgment
to be influenced by purely political considerations. I could not imagine a case in which under the law,
penalty had been more directly deserved.[69]

However, Gandhi did appreciate Bhagat's patriotism and how he had overcome the fear of death, but did
not support the violence involved.[81]

[edit]Saunders family

On 28 October 2005, a book entitled Some Hidden Facts: Martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh—Secrets
unfurled by an Intelligence Bureau Agent of British-India [sic] by K.S. Kooner and G.S. Sindhra was
released. The book asserts that Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were deliberately hanged in such a manner
as to leave all three in a semi-conscious state, so that all three could later be taken outside the prison and
shot dead by the Saunders family. The book says that this was a prison operation codenamed "Operation
Trojan Horse." Scholars are sceptical of the book's claims.[82]

[edit]Legacy

[edit]Indian independence movement

Bhagat Singh's death had the effect that he desired and he inspired thousands of youths to assist the
remainder of the Indian independence movement. After his hanging, youths in regions aroundNorthern
India rioted in protest against the British Raj and Gandhi.[83]

[edit]Modern day
Singh's contribution to Indian society[84] and, in particular, the future of socialism in India. To celebrate the
centenary of his birth, a group of intellectuals have set up an institution to commemorate Singh and his
ideals.[85]

Several popular Bollywood films have been made capturing the life and times of Bhagat Singh.[86]
[87]
Possibly the first is Shaheed-e-Azad Bhagat Singh (1954),[88] followed by Shaheed Bhagat Singh (1963),
[89]
starring Shammi Kapoor as Singh. Two years later, Manoj Kumar portrayed Bhagat Singh in an
immensely popular and landmark film, Shaheed. Two major films about Singh were released in 2002, The
Legend of Bhagat Singh and 23rd March 1931: Shaheed. The Legend of Bhagat Singh is Rajkumar
Santoshi's adaptation, in which Ajay Devgan played Singh and Amrita Rao was featured in a brief
role. 23rd March 1931: Shaheed was directed by Guddu Dhanoa and starred Bobby Deol as Singh,
with Sunny Deol and Aishwarya Rai in supporting roles. Another major film Shaheed-E-Azam, starring
Sonu Sood, Maanav Vij, Rajinder Gupta, and Sadhana Singh, and directed by Sukumar Nair, also was
produced by Iqbal Dhillon under the banner Surjit Movies.[90]

 Movies on Bhagat Singh

  Shaheed-e-Azad Bhagat Singh (1954)

 Shaheed Bhagat Singh (1963)

 Shaheed (1965)

 The Legend of Bhagat Singh(2002)

 23rd March 1931: Shaheed(2002)

 Shaheed-E-Azam(2003)

 Rang De Basanti(2006)

The 2006 film Rang De Basanti is a film drawing parallels between revolutionaries of Bhagat Singh's era
and modern Indian youth. It covers a lot of Bhagat Singh's role in the Indian freedom struggle. The movie
revolves around a group of college students and how they each play the roles of Bhagat's friends and
family.

The patriotic Urdu and Hindi songs, Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna (translated as "the desire to sacrifice")
and Mera Rang De Basanti Chola ("my light-yellow-coloured cloak"; Basanti referring to the light-yellow
color of the Mustard flower grown in the Punjab and also one of the two main colours of the Sikh religion as
per the Sikh rehat meryada(code of conduct of the Sikh Saint-Soldier) ), while created by Ram Prasad
Bismil, are largely associated to Bhagat Singh's martyrdom and have been used in a number of Bhagat
Singh-related films.[87]

In September 2007 the Governor of Punjab province, Khalid Maqbool, announced that a memorial to
Bhagat Singh will be displayed at Lahore museum, according to the governor “Singh was the first martyr of
the subcontinent and his example was followed by many youth of the time."[91][92]

[edit]Criticism

Bhagat Singh was criticised both by his contemporaries and by people after his death because of his
violent and revolutionary stance towards the British and his strong opposition to the pacifist stance taken by
the Indian National Congress and particularly Mahatma Gandhi.[93] The methods he used to make his point
—shooting Saunders and throwing non-lethal bombs—were quite different fromGandhi's non-violent
methodology.[93]

[edit]Quotations

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bhagat Singh

 "The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it

harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the
best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and
good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of
 daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of
the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal
brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of
opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual
life." — from Bhagat Singh's prison diary, p. 124

 "Inquilab Zindabad" (Long live the revolution)[94]

[edit]See also
 Sukhdev Thapar

 Chandrashekar Azad

 Udham Singh

 Rajguru

 Batukeshwar Dutt
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Portrayals. Gurgaon, Haryana, India: Hope India
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18. ^ Sanyal (2006), p30.

19. ^ Sanyal (2006), p20.

20. ^ Hoiberg, Dale H.; Indu Ramchandani (2000). Students'

Britannica India. New Delhi, India:Encyclopædia
Britannica, Inc. (India). vol. 1, p188. ISBN 0-85229-760-2.

21. ^ Nayar, Kuldip (2006). The Martyr: Bhagat Singh

Experiments in Revolution. New Delhi, India: Har-Anand
Publications. pp. 20–21. ISBN 8124107009.

22. ^ Bhagat Singh Documents Problems of the Punjab

23. ^ Sanyal (2006), p23.

24. ^ [7] "Introduction into HRA"

25. ^ Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

26. ^ [8]"Attempt to save Kakori case prisoners"

27. ^ [9] Date of arrest in Dusara Bomb case in an article by

Professor Chaman Lal

28. ^ [10] Arrest and bail details in 1927 - The Jail Notebook
and Other Writings By Bhagat Singh - Camana Lāla,
Bhupendra Hooja

29. ^ [11] Additional Citation for Dusara Bomb Case Arrest

30. ^ Sardar Bhagat Singh (1907-1931) - Ministry of

Information, Government of India

31. ^ a b c Raghunath Rai. History. VK Publications.

p. 187. ISBN 8187139692.

32. ^ Requiem for a freedom fighter - By Mahir Ali

33. ^ a b [12] Defence of India Act

34. ^ a b c d [13]"Encyclopaedia of Political Parties by Om

Prakash Ralhan, Anmol Publications (Page numbers 438
&439 - Explanation to selection of candidates for bombing
the assembly"

35. ^ Bhagat Singh remembered - Daily Times Pakistan

36. ^ Shahid Bhagat Singh Writings Leaflet Thrown in the

Central Assembly Hall

37. ^ a b [14] Statement on bomb thrown away and giving up

for arrest

38. ^ [15] Discovery of Lahore Bomb Factor - Page 441 of

The Martyr: Bhagat Singh - Experiments in Revolution by
Kuldip Nayar

39. ^ [16]"Professor Jagmohan Singh's research on the

publicity done by HSRA through court"

40. ^ Bhagat Singh Documents Bhagat Singh and BK Dutt's

Demands from the British Government
41. ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bhagat Singh
Remains Our Symbol of Revolution

42. ^ The Tribune stood up for Bhagat Singh

43. ^ When Jinnah defended Bhagat Singh - The Hindu

44. ^ [17]"Date of judgement and ordinance details"

45. ^ [18]"Ordinance no. 3 of 1930"

46. ^ In context to the Sections 1, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 11 of the

Ordinance

47. ^ [19]"Plan to save Bhagat Singh and friends"

48. ^ Shahid Bhagat Singh Jail Note Book of Shahid Bhagat

Singh

49. ^ Shahid Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh quotes from his jail
note book

50. ^ [20] Why I am an Atheist

51. ^ [21] "Mercy Petition"

52. ^ a b CPIM Bhagat Singh Memorial Day Observed

53. ^ The Tribune India Excerpts out of Martyrdom of

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

54. ^ [22]"Bhagat Singh Museum"

55. ^ Bhagat Singh no terrorist: Govt Times of India - 21

December 2007

56. ^ Asian Anarchism: China, Korea, Japan & India

57. ^ a b "Bhagat Singh an early Marxist, says Panikkar". The

Hindu. 14 October
2007.http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/14/stories/20071014
54130400.htm. Retrieved 1 January 2008.

58. ^ Bipan Chandra (1989), India's Struggle for

Independence, Penguin Books India, p. 258

59. ^ Terence MacSwiney"Terence MacSwiney"

60. ^ [23]"Bhagat Singh infulenced by Terence MacSwiney"

61. ^ [24]"Blood Sprinkled on the Day of Holi Babbar Akalis

on the Crucifix"
62. ^ Impact of Lenin on Bhagat Singh’s Life - Mainstream
Weekly

63. ^ Nayar, p26.

64. ^ Niralamba Swami was the name taken

by Bengali revolutionary Jatindra Nath Banerjee, an early
member of the Anushilan Samiti, after he gave up his
political activism and became anascetic.

65. ^ Nayar, p27.

66. ^ Why I am an Atheist (Essay) - Bhagat Singh, October

5–6, 1930

67. ^ Tribune India What if Bhagat Singh had lived

68. ^ Bhagat Singh Documents Leaflet thrown in the Central

Assembly Hall, New Delhi

69. ^ a b c Frontline - Of Means and Ends by Paresh R.

Vaidya.

70. ^ [25] Autobiography of Bhai Randhir Singh "Jail

Chithiyan"

71. ^ [26] Randhir Singh's confirmed release and possible

meet with Bhagat Singh

72. ^ [27] Meeting in condemned cells in Lahore Central Jail

73. ^ [28] Date on which Bhagat Singh was condemned

74. ^ Singh, Trilochan (1971). Autobiography of Bhai Randhir

Singh (Translated by Trilochan Singh). "Bhagat Singh: I'm
really ashamed and am prepared to tell your frankly that I
removed my hair and beard under pressing
circumstances. It was for the service of the country that
my companions compelled me to give up the Sikh
appearance.... Randhir Singh: I was glad to see Bhagat
Singh repentant and humble in his present attitude
towards religious symbols"

75. ^ a b Pinney, Christopher (2004). Photos of the Gods: The

Printed Image and Political Struggle in India. Reaktion
Books. ISBN 1861891849. "Although born into a Jat Sikh
family and returning to the turban just prior to his
execution, under the influence of Bhai Sahib Randhir
 Singh, his popular visual incarnation has nearly always
been a mimic of the English sahab"

76. ^ a b Singh, Sangat (1995). The Sikhs in History. S.

Singh. ISBN 0964755505. "Bhagat Singh's last wish, that
he be administered amrit, Sikh baptism, by a group of five
including Bhai Randhir Singh was not fulfilled by the
British"

77. ^ Why I Am An Atheist by Bhagat Singh

78. ^ Why I am an Atheist

79. ^ The Idea of Bhagat Singh

80. ^ Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. Ahmedabad,

Navjivan. vol. 45, p.359-61 (Gujarati)

81. ^ [29]"Gandhi's appreciation of Bhagat's patriotism and

bravery"

82. ^ The Sunday Tribune Was Bhagat Singh shot dead?

83. ^ [30]"Protest against British and Gandhi on Singh's

death"

84. ^ Bhagat Singh Remains Our Symbol of Revolution 25

January 2006, letter to Manmohan Singh

85. ^ The Tribune Chandigarh In memory of Bhagat Singh

86. ^ Bhagat Singh (Character) Internet Movie Database.

87. ^ a b A non-stop show The Hindu, 3 June 2003.

88. ^ [31]"Shaheed-e-Azad Bhagat Singh"

89. ^ Sonu Sood - IMDb

90. ^ EROS Multimedia (Europe) Ltd., eros@erosintl.co.uk

91. ^ Memorial will be built to Bhagat Singh, says governor -

Daily times Pakistan

92. ^ Requiem for a freedom fighter

93. ^ a b Punjabi Lok Sukhdev's letter to Gandhi

94. ^ The Martyr: Bhagat Singh - Experiments in

Revolution By Kuldip Nayar. Page 32.
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