Shaheed Bhagat Singh
The description of Indian freedom struggle can not be completed without mentioning the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He has made a distinguished mark on the Indian history by his sacrifice. Bhagat Singh was born in the village Banga in Layalpur district of then Punjab. His parents were Sardar Kishan Singh and Vidyavati. The family of Bhagat Singh was actively involved in the freedom movement of India. His father and Uncle Ajit Singh was member of the Ghaddar Party thus patriotism was present in him since birth.
In the year 1916 Bhagat Singh came into contact with great personalities like Lala Lajpat Rai and Ras Bihari Bose. The Jalianwala bagh tragedy moved his young heart and he took an oath to drive the British away from India. The movements by Mahatma Gandhi attracted him and he started active participation in them but when Gandhiji called off his movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, Bhagat Singh was greatly disappointed by this action of Gandhiji and he was disillusioned with concept of non violence and drove him towards the armed revolution more strongly. To continue his studies further Bhagat Singh joined the National College in Lahore and here he met with some of the famous revolutionaries like Bhagwati Charan, Sukhdev etc.
To avoid the marriage he fled to Kanpur where he came in contact with the famous revolutionary, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi after his return to Lahore he formed Naujawan Bharat Sabha to continue his revolutionary activities. In the year 1928 he visited Delhi and there he met with Chandrasekhar Azad. The Duo formed a party in the name of Hindustan Samajwadi Prajatantra Sangha; the sole aim of the party was to get the freedom for India by means of armed revolution.
When the Simon Commission came to India, people decided to protest and many of them were arranged in a similar protest Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally injured and later on he succumbed to the injuries. To avenge the death Bhagat Singh killed Saunders. He fled from Lahore to avoid the arrest.
Meanwhile instead of finding the cause of discontent among the Indian masses the British started to take harsher steps to suppress the Indians. This annoyed Bhagat Singh and along with Batukeshwar Dutt he decided to make the government hear their demands and for the reason they decided to hurl a bomb in the parliament. After hurling the bomb they stood at their place and raised the slogan of Jai Hind they offered no resistance to their arrest and after the arrest they were successful to awake the masses of India for which they were trying. After a long trial Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death and he was hanged on March 23, 1931.
