Bhagat Singh

Posted on September 28, 2022 by admin1 1172

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Chandigarh international airport would be named after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

About Bhagat Singh

He is regarded as one of the most powerful revolutionaries of the Indian Nationalist Movement.
Born on September 28, 1907 .
He attended Dayanand Anglo Vedic High School, which was operated by Arya Samaj and then National College.

Roles during Freedom struggle

He became involved in a variety of revolutionary organisations and was a key figure in the Indian National movement.
- He became a member of the Hindustan Republican Association.
- He founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha in Lahore in 1926,
‘Why I am an Atheist’ is an essay written by Bhagat Singh in 1930 while he was imprisoned in the Lahore Central Jail.
Along with his fellow nationalist B.K. Dutt, he threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929. The aim was not to kill but, “to make the deaf hear”, to remind the foreign government of its callous exploitation.
He was arrested and charged in the Saunders murder case, along with Rajguru, Sukhdev and others.
- Bhagat Singh was tried and executed at the age of 23.

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