BHAGAT SINGH

Bhagat Singh:

         
              Bhagat Singh was born on 27 September 1907 at Banga in Lyallpur district (now Pakistan) to Kishan Singh and vidyavati. At the time of his birth, his father Kishan Singh, uncles Ajit and Swaran Singh were in jail for demonstration against the colonization Bill implementation in 1906. His uncle, Sardar Ajit Singh,was a proponent of the  movement and established the Indian Patriots’ Association. He was well-supported by his friend syed Haidar Raza in organization the peasants against the Chenab Canal Colony Bill. Ajit Singh had 22 cases against him and was forced to flee to Iran. His family was the supporter of the Ghadar party and the political aware environment at home helped incite a sense of patriotism in the heart of young Bhagat Singh.

            Its been nearly 80 years since Bhagat Singh dropped a small bomb onto the floor of parliament House’s Central Assembly Hall to “make the deaf hear”. On August 15, 2008 in New Delhi, India, an important ceremony was held to unveil a huge statue of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s. This now proudly stands just outside Parliament House in courtyard number 5 New Delhi. TO celebrate India’s day of Independence, a cause to which Bhagat Singh had dedicated his life, the larger than life statue (18 feet/6 metres high) was unveiled by President of India, Pratibha Patil, to a long deserved welcome.

Early Life:

           Bhagat Singh was born into a Jatt Sikh (Sandhu) family in 1907 to Sardar Kishan Sandhu and Sardarni Vidyavati Kaur in the Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the Jalandhar district, Punjab. As a child, he was deeply affected by the Jallianvala Bagh massacre that took place in Panjab in 1919.

When Mahatma Gandhi started the Non-Cooperative Movement in 1920, he became an active participant at the age of 13. He had great hopes that Gandhi would bring freedom in India from colonial rule by the British. But he was disappointed  when Gandhi called off this movement following the Chauri Chaura riot in 1922. At this point he had openly defied the British and had followed Gandhi’s wishes by burning his government-school books and British imported clothing.

       In 1923, Bhagat famously won an essay competition set by the Punjab Hindhi shahitya Sammelan including its General Secretary Professor Bhim Sen Vidyalankar. At this age, he quoted famous Punjab literature and discussed the Problems of the Punjab. He read a lot of poetry and literature which was written by Punjab writers and his favorite poet was an Indian freedom fighter Allama Iqbal from Sialkot.

           In his teenage years , Bhagat singh started at the National College in Lahore, but ran away from home to escape early marriage, and became a member of the organization Naujawan Bharat Sabha. In the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Singh and his fellow revolutions grew popular amongst the youth. He also joined the Hindustan Republication Association. The capture and hanging of the main HRA leaders also allowed him and Sukhdev to be quickly promoted to higher ranks in the party.

Lala Lajpat Rai’s death and Saunder’s murder:

            

          The reforms of 1919 had for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry after a lapse of 10 years to decide about the grant of the next instalment of reforms, but the existing circumstances in India and Britain necessitated an early appointment of Commission. Consequently, in 1927, a commission of 7 members (all Englishmen) and headed by Sir John Simon, was appointed. (which came to be Known as Simon Commission would prove to be an apple of discord and dissipate the national fervor and was, therefore, unanimousley boycotted by all the partied, including the Muslim league.

Death :

         Bhagat Singh was known for his fearlessness of death and his appreciation of martyrdom. His mentor as a young boy was Kartar Sigh Sarabha and he eventually was hanged for avenging the death of martyr Lala Lajpat Rai. In the leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 8^th April 1929, he started that it is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled while the ideas survived. He hopped his death would inspire the youth of the India to unite and fight the Britsh.