The Martyr: Bhagat Singh-Experiments in RevolutionHar-Anand - 200 من الصفحات Bhagat Singh's life is one of the supreme ironies of history. He did not believe in the cult of the bomb and the pistol. Yet he was arrested for throwing a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly. And he was hanged in 1931 for killing a police officer with a pistol. He lived at a time when the cry for freedom was tearing India apart. Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab ho mare dil mein hai—the song that Bhagat Singh and his comrades sang during their trial—gave a voice to the burning desire for freedom in the hearts of all Indians. Bhagat Singh was a true revolutionary. He was the first to raise the slogan, Inquilab Zindabad which later became the war cry of the struggle for India's independence. To the altar of revolution he brought his youth as incense. He died so that India might live. He was only 23 when he was hanged. By that time, he had already become a legend. He died as he lived—without any fear. As he himself said, he was "trying to stand like a man with an erect head to the last, even on the gallows." Many great revolutionaries have now become mere names in history books. But Bhagat Singh still remains a living part of national memory, 70 years after he was hanged. The Martyr has a lot of exclusive material. It explains, for the first time, why Hans Raj Vohra betrayed Bhagat Singh and his comrades. It also throws new light on Sukhdev who was hanged along with Bhagat Singh. Kuldip Nayar is among the top political journalists and columnists in the country and has been at the hub of things for over four decades. He has served as India's High Commissioner in London. He is now a member of the Rajya Sabha. He has been press officer to Govind Ballabh Pant and Lai Bahadur Shastri; Editor and Manager of United News of India (UNI); Resident Editor of The Statesman, New Delhi; The Indian Express. Chandigarh; and Chief of the Express News Service. Kuldip Nayar has also written a large number of political bestsellers. His books include: Between the Lines. India After Nehru. India: The Critical Years. Distant Neighbours: A Tale of the Subcontinent. The Judgment. In Jail, Report on Afghanistan and India House. |
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... cells have been razed to the ground as if the establishment did not want any sign of their execution to remain. Ironically ... cell stood before the demolition. The road between the mosque and the remaining part of the jail ends at the ...
... cell with Lajpat Rai in Burma when Bhagat Singh was born. His grandfather openly contributed to the Congress party. I also got in touch with Kulbir Singh, the older brother. But he died before we could meet. In December 1992, I was able ...
... cell. Somewhere, in the distance, a searchlight revolved to provide a semblance of illumination to the area where he, along with his two comrades, Sukhdev and Rajguru, awaited the hanging. The cell was a dungeon with grass on the floor ...
... cell, fumbling for the right key from the bunch of keys he took out from the long pocket of the fatigues he wore. He and Bhagat Singh had developed a fondness for each other. They talked in Punjabi, their mother tongue. Life is a ...
... cells, cherished the same dreams. And so did many others from the United Province (now Uttar Pradesh), Punjab and Rajputana (now part of Rajasthan). They were all there on September 89, 1928, at Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi where the ...