Biography
Bhagat Singh joined the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, courted arrest in the Central Assembly, and was convicted for the killing of a police officer. He was hanged in Lahore Jail on 23 March 1931 with Rajguru and Sukhdev.
Asia · 1900–1950
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Primary revolution
Bhagat Singh
Indian Independence Movement
Revolutionary socialist hanged by the colonial government in Lahore in 1931.
Life
1907–1931
1907–1931
Place
Lahore, India
Lahore, India
Years
1928–1931
1928–1931
Map
31.5204, 74.3587
31.5204, 74.3587
Revolution
Theme. Anti-colonial · Socialism
Key figures. Sukhdev Thapar, Shivaram Rajguru, Chandrashekhar Azad
Outcome. The hanging intensified mass opposition to British rule. Independence came in 1947.
Casualties. A campaign of small armed actions and executions, not a conventional war.
Influence. The most widely honored young revolutionary of the Indian freedom struggle.