Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh ( Panjabi : ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ; born September 28, 1907 in a village in Lyallpur district , Punjab ; † March 23, 1931 in Lahore ) was an Indian revolutionary and Sikh in the anti-British struggle for independence. He founded the HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Association) with Yogendra Shukla and Chandrashekhar Azad , one of the first socialist organizations in India, which was heavily inspired by the Bolshevik October Revolution . Bhagat Singh was born into the Sikh religious community, but later referred to himself as an atheist in his writings.
For the murder of a British police officer Bhagat was to death by the strand convicted and together with his colleagues Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar executed . He is considered a martyr ( Shahid ) in northern India ; his death sparked riots across Punjab .
The question of whether Mahatma Gandhi had the opportunity to free Bhagat Singh and some of his fellow prisoners is controversial, but failed to do so because Bhagat Singh was a violent revolutionary and thus violated Gandhi's principle of non-violent resistance. This sparked great outrage among the Sikhs, especially in the 1980s, and resulted in some Sikhs still not recognizing Gandhi as the national hero of India.
Appreciation
On August 15, 2008, a bronze statue of Singh was erected in the Indian parliament, which stands next to the statues of Indira Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bhagat Singh: Why I am an Atheist , marxists.org, accessed on September 11, 2011
- ↑ Aditi Tandon: Prez to unveil martyr's 'turbaned' statue . In: The Tribune , August 8, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
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| SURNAME | Singh, Bhagat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | a village in Lyallpur District, Punjab |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1931 |
| Place of death | Lahore |