Special Story
March 23, 2022

Bhagat Singh’s life is similar to a common man of India. When you go through his biographies written by eminent authors. You will observe his life is just like a common adult of our country. He did what today’s generation is doing now. He had a bunch of friends, loved watching movies, listening to songs, Shayari and he also fell in love. What made him different from others was his courage and taking the responsibilities at a very young age.
Kuldeep Nayyar’s books on Bhagat Singh were named without fear. He had written that Bhagat Singh has fallen in love with one of his friends but he didn’t express to her. Bhagat Singh wrote in his letter that he had not expressed his love because he didn’t want to distract from his mission. He sacrificed his love for the nation’s mission.
Bhagat Singh left home for Kanpur when his parents tried to get him married, saying that if he married in slave India, “my bride shall only be death” and joined Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. After this, he never looked back and started taking part more rigorously.
Bhagat Singh along with Sukhdev planned to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai and plotted to kill the Superintendent of Police James Scott in Lahore. However, in a case of mistaken identity, John Saunders, the Assistant Superintendent of Police was shot. This was the first violent action had taken by Bhagat Singh.
Gandhi Ji had differences with him because of his ideology of violence but Jinnah always supported him which was ironic.
Bhagat Singh and his friends never took defence in the court at the time of trial in the court. He made the court a platform to propagate his ideas of nationalism.
Bhagat Singh was an atheist. he shaved his beard and cut his hair to avoid being recognized and arrested for the killing. He managed to escape from Lahore to Calcutta. This step taken by him at a very young made him the legend Bhagat Singh.
Many debates are still alive on his ideology but his biographers had written on it. They have told that he followed socialism.
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