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Quiz on SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH



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Bhagat Singh (28 September 1907 - 23 March 1931) was an Indian nationalist considered to be one of the most influential of the Indian movement.

He is mostly referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh - the word shaheed meaning .

He quickly rose through the ranks of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) to become one of its main leaders, eventually changing its name to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928. This organisation had prominent leaders, such as Ram Prasad , Azad and Khan.

Seeking revenge for the death of Lala at the hands of the police, Bhagat Singh was involved in the of British police officer John Saunders.

Together with Batukeshwar Dutt, he undertook a successful effort to throw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Assembly while shouting slogans of Inquilab .

Subsequently both Batukeshwar and Bhagat volunteered to and be arrested. Held on this charge, Bhagat Singh gained widespread national support when he underwent a 116 day fast in jail, demanding equal rights for British and Indian political .

During this time, sufficient evidence was brought against Bhagat Singh for a in the Saunders case, after trial by a Special Tribunal and appeal at the Privy Council in England. He was convicted and subsequently for his participation in the murder, aged 23.

He is commemorated with a large bronze statue in the of India, as well as a range of other memorials.

The house where Shaheed Bhagat Singh was born to Kishan Singh and Vidyavati is in present-day known as Chak No. 105, GB, Banga village, Jaranwala Tehsil in the Lyallpur district of the Punjab Province of British India.

Bhagat was nicknamed " " ('the lucky one') by his grandmother, since the news of the release of his uncle Ajit Singh from Mandalay jail and that of his father from Lahore jail both coincided with his birth.

Not quite convinced with Gandhi's philosophy of , he joined the Young Revolutionary Movement. Henceforth, he began advocating the violent of the British in India.

He joined the Indian nationalist youth organisation Bharat Sabha (Hindi: "Youth Society of India") along with his fellow revolutionaries, and became popular in the organisation.