The name Bhagat Singh has become a synonym of revolution. He was one of the great revolutionaries who made supreme sacrifice for the nation. Thousands of young people sacrificed their lives in the altar of India's liberation struggle but the name Bhagat Singh has a special place in the history of our independence. No other young revolutionary of India got much empathy in the minds of the people of India like Bhagat Singh. Still he is an inspiration source for the patriotic people of our motherland. It is important today to study the contributions of Bhagat Singh and his comrades when our country is again falling under the grip of imperialism and its designs.
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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