Bhagat Singh - The Unsung Hero
Born to Fight for freedom
#)It was way back in 1910, when a 3 year old boy was walking with his father
.#)After some time there was also an elderly man with the father.
#)Chatting, all 3 walked on and went beyond the village.
#)Green crop delighted their eyes and the elders were walking along the edge of a field.
#)When the boy's father was not able to hear the footsteps of his son ,he looked back.
#)There, the boy was sitting on the ground and seemed to be planting some thing. The father became curious and asked.
"What are you doing?" and the boy replied
"Look, father, I shall grow guns all over the field".
#) His eyes shone with the strong faith that guns would grow in the field.
#) Both the elders were struck with wonder at the little boy's words.
#)The boy was none other than BHAGAT SINGH who later fought like a hero for India's freedom and sacrificed his life.
Its not how many years.... It is What u have done
#)This world doesn's see, for how much year we live but what we did during our life span.... and here is the true hero who made a great impcat in the struggle for Independance of our country, and he is none other than the legend BHAGAT SINGH, and he will never be forgetten and we shouldn't forget his sacrifice for our country.
#)When we speak about our freedom struggle and ask any person..."who got freedom for us?" ... iam sure 9 in 10 will say Gandhiji.
#)We do accept the fact he was a great motivating force but at the same time we shouldn't forget the other freedom fighters who lost their life for the country fighting against British and one of our hero is Bhagat Singh.
#)In this article we will discuss everything about our legend and lets salute our Hero..Bhagat Singh who lived only for 23 years but will be remembered by all forever due to the sacrifice he made for the country.
Patriotic Family
#)It was not Bhagat Singh who was the first one from his family who fought for freedom but Bhagat Singh belonged to a family of freedom fighters where, the entire family, starting from his great grandfather,all where very Patriotic and freedom Fighters..
#)The commitment of their family towards freedom struggle can be traced back to 1857, where according to historians, the first revolution started against Britishers.
#)Bhagat Singh’s great grandfather Sardar Fateh Singh participated in the Anglo-Punjab wars during 1840s,and it resulted in the confiscation of his landed property.
#)But during the 1857 upsurge, the British Governor Lord John Lawrence wanted to enlist the support of the landed class and therefore he declared to give the confiscated property back so that he could get their support.
#)But the response of Sardar Fateh Singh was amazing saying that,
‘Guru Gobind Singh has taught me to stand up for the people fighting for their rights and freedom.The help of the oppressor is tantamount to the betrayal of His teachings.’
and thereby , he stood by the principle and did not succumb to the greed of acquiring back some of the lost property and thats something which was in tha blood of many families in India to fight for freedom.The Picture below shows the father,grandfather and uncle of Baghat Singh
#)And that doesn't stop here with the great grandfather of Baghat Singh because the same spirit was upheld by Bhagat Singh’s grandfather, Sardar Arjun Singh, and it was followed by his three sons Ajit Singh, Kishan Singh(Bhagat Singh's Father), and Swaran Singh.
#)His father Kishan Singh was also involved with the freedom struggle, at different levels all his life.
#)Swaran Singh,one of Bhagat Singh's uncle, was hanged on December 19, 1927 for his involvement in the Kakori train robbery of 1925 and some other datas says that he was died in 1910 due to the tortue of Britishers in jail and below is the picture of Swaran Singh
#)His other uncle Ajit Singh was a peasant leader and he was known for the “Pagri Sambhal Jatta”.
#)He was exiled from India to Persia for 40 years as he was involved in Ghadar movement , led by Kartar Singh Sarabha Grewal and Har Dayal and he died on the same morning when he returned to India, on August 15, 1947, the day freedom came.
#)So naturally the fire was there in Bhagat Singh's blood and even at his very early age he decided to fight for the country's freedom till he dies.
How was his early life?
#)Bhagat Singh full name was Bhagat Singh Sandhu, and he was was born into a Sikh family to Sardar Kishan Singh Sandhu and Vidyavati in the Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the Jalandhar district of Punjab on September 28,1907 and he was the third son to them
#)The name itself speaks that he is patriotic as the meaning of the word Bhagat means "DEVOTEE" and "FORTUNATE".
#)His grandfathet Sardar Arjun Singh didn't allow him to study at Khalsa High School in Lahore because he discovere that the school was loyal to the British authorities.The picture below shows the Bhagat Singh's photo at the age of 11.
#)So his father enrolled him in Dayanand Anglo Vedic High School, an Arya Samajist school.
#)He is often called as Shaheed Bhagat Singh, where the word shaheed means "martyr".The picture below is the house of Baghat Singh
A True friend to all
#)He had a great interest in his studies and he was ahead of the others in his class.#)He was the favorite student of all his teachers.
#)All his class- mates,liked him very much and he was their leader.
#)During his school days big boys in the class used to carry Bhagat Singh on their shoulders to the school and back home.
#)This was a great indication in his childhood itself, that later he would become a leader of revolutionaries,in the motto of getting the freedom to the Nation.
#)He used to make friends with all and naturally his companions were his friends.
#)He doesn't have any discrimincation or separation on the basis of religin as cartmen and coolies, and the very men who swept the streets were his friends.
#)Here is a intersting story to describe how he used to attract the people's heart.
#)Once a old tailor of the illage who stitched clothes, delivered them at the house and went away and his mother asked him
Mother:Who is that who brought the clothes.
Bhagat Singh:My friend.
Mother:What! Is the tailor, too, your friend?
Bhagat Singh:Yes, every one in the village is my friend
#)Thus the ability to win the hearts of men grew in Bhagat Singh right from his childhood.
Bhagat Singh Vs Gandhiji
#)In this section let us deiscuss what made Bhagat Singh to move form the Gandhi's policy of non violence to become a ravolutionary freedom fighter
#)It would be interesting to hear that even Bhagat singh do followed Gandhi's way of non-violence
#)It was in 1919 during the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre he was deeply affected.The picture below shows the painting that descripts the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
#)His mind was deeply disturbed by this event and the next day he did not return home after the school hours which made his family at home waited and waited and grew anxious.
#)Instead of going to school, he went straight to the place where the tragedy took place and collected a bottle of mud wet
with the blood of Indians and returned home.
#)Aftre he returned home late, his younger sister said, "Where were you all this time? Mother has been waiting to give you something to eat."
#) But he showed the bottle in his hand,and said,
#)After that he put the bottle in a niche and worshipped it with flowers.
#)He was totally disturbed and lot of things were going in his mind and he wants The british to be driven out of the country
#)That was the time when the Indian National Congress was fighting for the country's freedom under Gandhiji.
#)This made the people united and motivated to fight for the freedom.
#)After finishing his 8th and before getting into 9th standard, when he was 13, he told his father of his decision to join the movement and asked for his permission.
#)As his father himself a revolutionary, Kishan Singh willingly gave his consent.
#) Bhagat Singh left the school and joined the movement.
#)It was during this time, there was a powerful anti- foreign cloth movement in the country.
#)Bhagat Singh took part in this movement with great enthussiasm and as a matter of fact right from his early days, he used to wear only Khadi.
#)He used to collect foreign clothes every week, heap them up and late he will burn them.
#)During that time, he had great hopes that Gandhi would bring freedom in India.
#)But the turning point of his life was during the time when Gandhi called off this movement following the Chauri Chaura riot in 1922, and Bhagat Singh was really disappointed.
#)So,disgruntled with Gandhi's nonviolence action, and he later joined the Young Revolutionary Movement and began advocating a violent movement against the British.
#)This is the time where Both Bhagat Singh and Gandhiji were against each other only in the method which they followed but the goal was same for both as they aimed at getting freedom in their own ways
What made him a Revolutionary Freedom Fighter
#)As discussed in previous section, the important part was the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922, where people locked up twenty-two policemen together in a house, set fire to the house and burnt them.
#)This made Gandhiji to end the non- cooperation movement which was then going on in the country as he was very sad knowing people take violence in their hands.
#)Bhagat Singh who was 15 years old that time was disappointed as he couldnt accept why Gandhi gave up the movement due to this Chauri Chaura incident.The picture below shows the Bhagat Singh at the age of 17
#)But even before that, a nineteen-year-old revolutionary, Kartar Singh was hanged by the British Govemment and none of these supporters of nonviolence raised any objection and that raised the question in his mind "How could nonviolence become so important now?" and these thoughts made Bhagat Singh lose faith in non - violence and non-cooperation movements
#)And then onwards he was very confident that armed revolution was the only practical way of winning the freedom from the Britishers Bhagat Singh as a Revolutionarist
#)Bhagat Singh begin to study deeply on armed revolution and he read how in past it helped to win many war and ultimately people's right.
#)He also made a deep study of the lives of the revolutionaries of Ireland, Italy and Russia.
#)He wanted to continue his studies and though he had not been to school for some years, Bhagat Singh had a good knowledge of history and politics and principal of the National College admitted him.The picture below is
a rare historical photograph of students and staff of National College, Lahore, which was started by Lala Lajpat Rai for education of students participating in the non-cooperation movement. Shaheed Bhagat Singh can be seen standing fourth from the right.
#)This college was started by great patriots like Lala Lajpat Ray.
#)Listening classes in morning and discussing the revolutionry ideas among friends during the evening hours was his routine during college days.
#)The time has come for him to get married and he was not interested in that.
#)So he wote a letter
"The aim of my life is to fight for India's freedom. I don't wish for worldly pleasures. At the time of my Upanayanam (the initiation ceremony among the Hindus), my uncle had taken a sacred promise from me; I promised to sacrifice myself for the sake of the country. Accordingly I am now giving up my own happiness and going out to serve the country."and went to Lahore.But later he returned home as his grandmother was not feeling well.
#)In March 1926, the Naujawan Bharat Sabha was formed in Lahore with Bhagat Singh, as its secretary. #)In 1928 he attended a meeting of revolutionaries in Delhi and came into contact with Chandrasekhar Azad.
#)The two formed ‘Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha’ and their aim was to establish a republic in India by means of an armed revolution.
#)It was in 1928 under Lala Lajpat Rai all parties rally was conducted against the Simon Commission whic led to the death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
#)To take a revenge ,on April 8 1929 he and his fellow revolutiorist Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb onto the corridors of the assembly and shouted 'Inquilab Zindabad' which means "Long live the revolution".
#)The picture below shows , Bhagat Singh in jail at the age of 20 during 1917
#)After that he left Lahore, so as to escape being caught and to make is idendity unknown he shaved his beard.
#)But he was arrested and On October 7, 1930 Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru were awarded death sentence by a special tribunal.
#)Even in jail, he went on hunger strike protesting the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities
#)Inspite of great popular pressure and numerous appeals by political leaders of India, Bhagat Singh and his associates were hanged in the early hours of March 23, 1931.
#)They died with the name of Bharat Mata on their lips
#)The last paragraph of the leaflet that he distributed (and wrote) in the Assembly Hall said:
"We are sorry that we who attach such great sanctity to human life, we who dream of a very glorious future when man will be enjoying perfect peace and full liberty, have been forced to shed human blood. But sacrifice of individuals at the altar of the revolution will bring freedom to all, rendering exploitation of man by man impossible. Inquilaab Zindaabad (Long live the revolution)."
#)Bhagat Singh's words from his prison diary are
"The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life."
#)Knowing the death of their heroes , all over the country tributes were paid to them who fought for freedom and sacrificed their
lives.
#)Hundreds of songs were composed and sung about the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.
#) Even today, the heroic spirit of Bhagat Singh is an unfailing source of inspiration to the youth of the country and we
should never forget his sacrifice.
#)He sets an example to all with his courage, spirit of adventure and patriotism.
#)The image below is the news about the death of Baghat Singh by the Tribute paper from Lahore
He is our hero and we should we should never forget his sacrifice.......
JAIHIND....
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