Bhagat Singh

1.       He was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India on September 27, 1907.

2.       Bhagat Singh was born in a Sikh family in village Khatkar Kalan in Nawanshahar district of Punjab.

3.       The district has now been renamed as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in his memory.

4.       He was the third son of Sardar Kishan Singh and Vidyavati.

5.       Bhagat Singh's family was actively involved in freedom struggle.

6.       His father Kishan Singh and uncle Ajit Singh were members of Ghadr Party founded in the U.S to oust British rule from India.

7.       Family atmosphere had a great effect on the mind of young Bhagat Singh and patriotism flowed in his veins from childhood.

8.       He was an Indian nationalist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.

9.       He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the word Shaheed meaning "martyr" in a number of Indian languages.

10.   In early life his religion was Sikhism.

11.   In later life his religion was Atheist.

12.   His major organizations  was  Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Kirti Kissan Party and Hindustan  Socialist Republican Association.

13.   He influences  Anarchism, Communism, Socialism.

14.   He is the symbol of the heroism of the youth of India.

15.   A revolutionary He threw a bomb when the Legislature was in session to warn the British Government.

16.   He was put to death but lives in the hearts of his countrymen.

17.   He was one of the most prominent faces of Indian freedom struggle.

18.   While studying at the local D.A.V. School in Lahore, in 1916, young Bhagat Singh came into contact with some well-known political leaders like Lala Lajpat Rai and Ras Bihari Bose.

19.   Punjab was politically very charged in those days.

20.   In 1919, when Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place, Bhagat Singh was only 12 years old.

21.   The massacre deeply disturbed him. On the next day of massacre Bhagat Singh went to Jalianwala Bagh and collected soil from the spot and kept it as a memento for the rest of his life.

22.   The massacre strengthened his resolve to drive British out from India.

23.   He went to Lahore and formed a union of revolutionaries by name 'Naujavan Bharat Sabha'. 

24.   He started spreading the message of revolution in Punjab.

25.   Bhagat Singh was taken to the notorious Mianwali Jail in the undivided Punjab, to which he was transferred immediately after his conviction in the Assembly-Bomb case.

26.    Later, he was shifted to the Lahore Central Jail for his trial in Saunders Murder case, which later came to be known as the Lahore Conspiracy Case.

27.   In Mianwali Jail Bhagat Singh soon came into contact with political prisoners, who were also undergoing life imprisonment in connection with their participation in the Ghadr" movement of 1914-15, Martial Law Agitation and Babbar Akali Movement.

28.    From them, he learnt and saw for himself the atrocities committed on the political prisoners.

29.   While in jail, on the 15th June, 1929 Bhagat Singh and other prisoners launched a hunger strike advocating for the rights of prisoners and undertrials.

30.   The reasons 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.

31.    Their aims in their strike was 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 toilet necessities and other hygienic necessities.

32.   To acquaint the authorities with their demands and to get their redress, Bhagat Singh sent the following application on, dated 27th June, 1929, to the Inspector-General, Punjab Jails, Lahore, Through the Superintendent, Mianwali District Jail.

33.   In 1928 he attended a meeting of revolutionaries in Delhi and came into contact with Chandrasekhar Azad. The two formed 'Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha'.

34.   Its aim was to establish a republic in India by means of an armed revolution.

35.   Durga Bhabhi, the wife of a revolutionary Bhagavaticharan, and their child followed Bhagat Singh, so that people would think they were Bhagat Singh's wife and child.

36.   Bhagat singh was hanged to death by the British.

37.   He was our one of the greatest freedom fighter

38.   He was died in Lahore, Punjab, British India on March 23, 1931.