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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... felt autumn changing into winter when a tattered blanket was thrown at him to fight the below three degree centigrade temperatures. The advent of March had lessened the rigour. There was a promise of spring in the air. But the very name ...
... felt sad. He could not imagine anyone's family members staying away when there was an opportunity—probably the last one—to meet their own blood before death. The family was Bhagat Singh's refuge. He had spent only a few early years at ...
... felt India lost at that time a great opportunity to bring the enemy to its knees. What was possible that day might not be possible the next day. The loss of a few days, even a single day, postponed not only the deliverance of the people ...
... felt that the Muslims were an obstacle in the way of India's freedom and must, like other obstacles, be removed. One other factor was responsible for the dislike of Muslims by the Bengali revolutionaries. The British felt that they ...
... felt so let down that he persuaded the Congress, which looked to him for guidance, to pass a resolution declaring that the only self respecting course of action for India to adopt was to boycott the commission at every stage and in ...