Bhagat Singh was born on September 27, 1907 in a Sikh family in village Banga in Layalpur district of Punjab. His father name was Sardar Kishan Singh and mother Vidyavati. Bhagat’s family was actively involved in freedom struggle.
Bhagat Singh came into contact with some well-known political leaders like Lala Lajpat Rai and Ras Bihari Bose While studying at the local D.A.V. School in Lahore, in 1916. He was only 12 years old when Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place in 1919. Bhagat Singh ran away from home to avoid early marriage, and went to Kanpur. His only aim was to establish a republic in India by means of an armed revolution. In February 1928, a committee from England, called Simon Commission visited India, and with his bad behavior Indians decided to boycott Simon Commission.
While protesting against Simon Commission in Lahore, Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally Laathi charged with injuries. Bhagat Singh took revenge of Lajpat Rai's death by shooting the British official responsible for the killing. He shot down Assistant Superintendent Saunders instead, mistaking him for Scott. To escape death punishment, Bhagat Singh had to flee from Lahore. On April 8, 1929 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the Central Assembly Hall while the Assembly was in session.
In jail, he went on hunger strike to protest the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities. On October 7, 1930 Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev and Raj Guru were awarded death sentence by a special tribunal. Despite great popular pressure and numerous appeals by political leaders of India, Bhagat Singh and his associates were hanged in the early hours of March 23, 1931.
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