Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s 109th birth anniversary
* India is observing the 109th birth anniversary of revolutionary socialist Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
* Born on 28 September 1907, Bhagat Singh was an influential figure in the Indian independence movement.
#About Bhagat Singh
* The revolutionary freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh, was born in Banga village of Faisalabad district (previously called Lyallpur) in the Punjab province (now in Pakistan) in 1907.
* He was born into a Jat Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj.
* He studied European revolutionary movements as a teenager and was attracted to anarchist and Marxist ideologies.
* He worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), which changed its name to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928.
* To revenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai,he assassinated John Saunders, a British police officer.
* Soon after the event, he along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative Assembly, and offered them for arrest.
* While being held in a jail, he gained widespread national support after undertaking an 116-day hunger strike demanding equal rights for Indian prisoners as of the European prisoners, who were imprisoned for what he believed were political reasons.
* He along with Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar was convicted and hanged in Lahore jail for his participation in the assassination, at the age of 23.
* They were hanged on 23 March 1931.
* His legacy prompted youth in India to continue fighting for independence and he remains an influence on some young people in modern India.
* He has been an inspiration for several films. He is commemorated with a range of memorials including a large bronze statue in the Parliament of India.
* Born on 28 September 1907, Bhagat Singh was an influential figure in the Indian independence movement.
#About Bhagat Singh
* The revolutionary freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh, was born in Banga village of Faisalabad district (previously called Lyallpur) in the Punjab province (now in Pakistan) in 1907.
* He was born into a Jat Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj.
* He studied European revolutionary movements as a teenager and was attracted to anarchist and Marxist ideologies.
* He worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), which changed its name to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928.
* To revenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai,he assassinated John Saunders, a British police officer.
* Soon after the event, he along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative Assembly, and offered them for arrest.
* While being held in a jail, he gained widespread national support after undertaking an 116-day hunger strike demanding equal rights for Indian prisoners as of the European prisoners, who were imprisoned for what he believed were political reasons.
* He along with Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar was convicted and hanged in Lahore jail for his participation in the assassination, at the age of 23.
* They were hanged on 23 March 1931.
* His legacy prompted youth in India to continue fighting for independence and he remains an influence on some young people in modern India.
* He has been an inspiration for several films. He is commemorated with a range of memorials including a large bronze statue in the Parliament of India.
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