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Who is Bhagat Singh?
Bhagat Singh, (born September 27, 1907, Lyallpur, western Punjab, India [now in Pakistan]—died March 23, 1931, Lahore [now in Pakistan]), revolutionary hero of the Indian independence movement.
What did Bhagat Singh do in the independence movement?
Bhagat Singh was a hero of the early 20th-century Indian independence movement. He was a vocal critic of British rule in India and was involved in two high-profile attacks on British authorities—one on a local police chief and the other on the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi.
Why did Bhagat Singh go on a hunger strike?
While in jail, Singh helped organize a hunger strike to protest against prisoner mistreatment, a demonstration that gained him wide support in India. Nevertheless, he was hanged in 1931 for Saunders’s murder. How did Bhagat Singh die? In 1931 Bhagat Singh was hanged for the murder of Officer J.P. Saunders in the city of Lahore (then in India).
Why did Bhagat Singh flee Lahore?
Instead, in a case of mistaken identity, junior officer J.P. Saunders was killed, and Bhagat Singh had to flee Lahore to escape the death penalty. In 1929 he and an associate lobbed a bomb at the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi to protest the implementation of the Defence of India Act and then surrendered.
Why were Bhagat Singh’s parents in jail at the time of birth?
They were in jail at the time of Bhagat Singh’s birth due to their participation in revolutionary activities. Bhagat Singh received his primary education from ‘Dayanand Anglo-Vedic High School,’ an ‘Arya Samaji’ institution.
Who was Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru?
In December 1928, Bhagat Singh and an associate, Shivaram Rajguru, fatally shot a 21-year-old British police officer, John Saunders, in Lahore, British India, mistaking Saunders, who was still on probation, for the British police superintendent, James Scott, whom they had intended to assassinate.
Where is Bhagat Singh’s ancestral village?
His ancestral village was Khatkar Kalan, near the town of Banga, India in Nawanshahr district (now renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar) of the Punjab. His family was politically active. His grandfather, Arjun Singh followed Swami Dayananda Saraswati ‘s Hindu reformist movement, Arya Samaj, which had a considerable influence on Bhagat.
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