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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... police quarters, which were pulled down as the colony expanded,” said a man in his fifties. The scaffold, where the three were hanged, has been turned into a traffic roundabout. Vehicles ply there as waywardly as in the rest of Lahore ...
... police officer while they had settled scores with Vaidya for planning the attack in 1984 on the Golden Temple, their Vatican. Fearing that more and more militants would compare themselves with Bhagat Singh, I thought it would be ...
... Police on account of my being the blood brother of Sukhdev”. Thapar, then 82, was bitter. In his reply to my letter, he said: “Allow me the indulgence to add that the other political sufferers like Dr. Kichlew's son, got a monthly ...
... Police J.P. Saunders. She died a few months ago. Several books on Bhagat Singh and his own writings have helped me narrate the story and philosophy of his life. Words attributed to him have been culled from his letters, statements or ...
... police had affected his health. His white beard made him look older than his age. Handcuffed and shackled, Bhagat Singh could sense his approach. Sentenced to death by a British Tribunal nearly six months ago on October 7, 1930, he was ...