Saare Jahan se acha, Hindustan hamara…

Let us salute the martyr

BORN: Sept. 27, 1907, Punjab, India

1930: Threw bombs in Central Assembly Hall, protesting on imposing severe measures like the Trades Disputes Bill by the Britishers. Deliberately courted arrest refusing to run away from the scene

1930: Went on 115 days hunger strike to protest the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities.

1930: Along with Sukh Dev and Raj Guru, he was awarded the death sentence.

Died: Hanged in the early hours of March 23, 1931.

Cremated at: The banks of Sutlej in Ferozepur, Punjab

The birthday of Bhagat Singh-27th September should be declared as "National Youth Day'. It would also mean to acknowledge the role of different revolutionary movements in fighting for the freedom of the country from colonial yoke. Also the youth of the country need to be filled with patriotic fervor, which is possible only by making them feel as the builders of free nation. This feeling in youth can only be instilled through the ideas of supreme symbol of Indian revolutionary freedom struggle-Bhagat Singh.

The Birth Centenary celebrations of the Martyr begins from today.