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SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH

He was born to Vidyavati and Sardar Kisan Singh Sandhu,in a Sikh


jat family on 28 September 1907 in KhatkarKalan,Punjab in British India.
His family had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against
the British Raj. When Bhagat Singh was a teenager, he studied European
revolutionary movements. In 1925, he initiated Naujawan Bharat Sabha. He
quickly gained prominence in the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)
and became one of its chief leaders. Eventually, the name of the
organization was changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican
Association (HSRA). This happened in the year 1928.
Lala Lajpat Rai was killed at the hands of the police. Bhagat Singh wanted
revenge for this incidence. He avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai and
killed the British Police Officer John Saunders. The police tried to capture
him. However, Bhagat Singh was successful in avoiding arrest.
He made a plan to bomb the Central Legislative Assembly. He partnered
with Batukeshwar Dutt for this task. He bombarded the assembly with two
bombs making sure that this will not harm any person. They were shouting
slogans of revolution and threw pamphlets.
After the bombarding, they surrendered. He was held on this charge in
prison. He underwent a 116-day fast in jail and so he did not have food for
that long. He went on hunger strike in Jail to protest the inhuman treatment
of fellow prisoners by jail authority. In response to this determined protest,
he gained nationwide support.
His mentor as a young boy was Kartar Singh Sarabha, whose photo he
always carried in his pocket. Singh is himself considered a martyr by
Indians for acting to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai. While in prison,
Singh and two others had written a letter to Lord Irwin, wherein they asked
to be treated as prisoners of war and consequently to be executed by firing
squad and not by hanging. Prannath Mehta, Singh's friend, visited him in
the jail on 20 March, four days before his execution, with a draft letter for
mercy, but he declined to sign it. He was executed on 23 March 1931.he
was a freedom fighter
Bhagat Singh also known as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (28 September
1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian socialist and a revolutionary. He is
considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian
Independence Movement
Questions :

1. Who was the mother of Bhagat Singh?


2. Who was the father of Bhagat singh?
3. What was the name of the village of Bhagat Singh?
4. Which date and year was Bahgat Singh born?
5. What did Bhagat Singh studied in his teenage?
6. What did he initiated in 1925?
7. Of what did Bhagat Singh became one of the chief leader?
8. In which year was the HSRA Organisation formed?
9. How was Lala Lajpat Rai was killed?
10.What did Bhagat Singh do to take the revenge of Lala Lajpat Rai?
11.Where did Bhagat Singh Planned to bomb?
12.Whom did Bhagat Singh partnered in bombarding?
13.How many bombs did they bombarded in assembly?
14.What were they doing while bombarding?
15.What did they do after bombarding?
16.How many days fast did he undergo in jail?
17.Who was his Mentor?
18.Whom did he wrote letter from jail?
19.Who visited Singh in jail?
20.On which date was Bhagat Singh executed?

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