Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907[1] – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary[3] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer[4] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist.[5] He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which—on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers—turned him into a household name in the Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folk hero in Northern India.[6] Borrowing ideas from Bolshevism and anarchism,[7] he electrified a growing militancy in India in the 1930s, and prompted urgent introspection within the Indian National Congress's nonviolent but eventually successful campaign for India's independence.[8]Born
27 September 1907[1]
Banga, Lyallpur District, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died
23 March 1931 (aged 23)
Lahore Central Jail, Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan)
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Monuments
Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial
Other names
Shaheed-e-Azam
Organization(s)
Naujawan Bharat Sabha
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Notable work
Why I Am an Atheist
Movement
Indian independence movement
Criminal charges
Murder of John P. Saunders and Channan Singh[2]
Criminal penalty
Capital punishment
Criminal status
Executed
Parents
Kishen Singh Sandhu (father)
Vidyavati (mother)
Signature