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Courage
He was not afraid to stand for what was right.
Bhagat Singh was a brave young revolutionary. He gave his life for India when he was only 23. He was also a deep thinker who read hundreds of books. Even today, young Indians see him as a hero.
✨ Bhagat Singh in 1 minute
- The Jallianwala Bagh killings in 1919 changed his life.
- In 1929 he threw harmless bombs in the Assembly to make the British listen.
- He read books and wrote a lot, even in jail.
- He was hanged on 23 March 1931, with Rajguru and Sukhdev.
🤯 Unknown facts about Bhagat Singh
- He left home when his family planned his marriage. He wrote that his life was given to the country.
- He asked to be shot like a soldier, not hanged like a criminal.
- His hanging was done one day early, on the evening of 23 March, to avoid crowds.
- People who were with him said he was reading a book even on his last day.
Bhagat Singh was only 23 when he was hanged. Most of us are still in college at that age. He gave his whole life so that we could live ours freely.
Think about it📜 Bhagat Singh timeline: life story year by year
- 1907
Born in September in Banga village, Punjab, into a family of freedom fighters.
- 1919
At age 12, he visited Jallianwala Bagh after the killings. He took home soil wet with the blood of Indians.
- 1928
Lala Lajpat Rai died after a police lathi attack. Bhagat Singh and his friends decided to answer.
- 1929
On 8 April, he and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the Central Assembly. They made sure no one was hurt. They threw leaflets and did not run away.
- 1929
In jail he went on a long hunger strike for fair treatment of prisoners.
- 1931
Hanged in Lahore jail on 23 March with Rajguru and Sukhdev. India remembers them on Shaheed Diwas.
🌙 A Bhagat Singh story to tell your child
People tell this story. When Bhagat Singh was a small boy, he went to a field with his father. He started putting small sticks into the ground.
His father asked, "What are you planting?" The boy said, "I am planting guns. Then we can make India free."
He was only a child. But the fire for azadi was already in his heart.
When he grew up, he chose books, ideas and courage to fight for India.
🌱 What Bhagat Singh teaches our children
Love of learning
He read books every day, even in jail. Reading makes the mind strong.
Love for the country
He thought of India before himself.
🙏 Thank you. Tell your child one thing you learned today.
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