Bhagat Singh    

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Context

• PM pays tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his Jayanti

Bhagat Singh’s contribution at a glance

• He supported Mahatma Gandhi in the Non-Cooperation Movement and was affected by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) and the violence against unarmed Akali protestors at Nankana Sahib (1921).
• He was strongly against capitalism.
• Bhagat Singh founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha in the year 1926 to encourage the peasants and workers to fight against British rule. He was the secretary of that organisation.
• In 1928, the Hindustan Socialist Association (HSRA) was also established by him, along with Sukhdev, Chandrasekhar Azad and others.
• Bhagat Singh also took revenge for the death of his friend Lala Lajpat Rai, which turned out to be an incident and became a part of the Lahore Conspiracy Case.

Bhagat Singh's inspiring quotes                                    

"They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit."

"Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting stone of ideas."

"May the sun in his course visit no land freer, happier, more lovely, than this our own country."

"Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birthright of all. Labour is the real sustainer of society."

"Merciless criticism and independent thinking are two traits of revolutionary thinking. Lovers, lunatics and poets are made of the same stuff."

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