Bhagat Singh was born on September 28, 1907. Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as "Shaheed Bhagat Singh", the word "Shaheed" meaning "martyr" in a number of Indian languages.(The Phenomenon of Bhagat Singh). Bhagat Singh was born into a Sikh family. I myself am also Sikh. Our religion is very unique we are not allowed to cut our hair and we follow the Guru Granth Sahib. Bhagat Singh 's family had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj, as a teenager Singh studied European revolutionary movements. Bhagat Singh was a member of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) and quickly rose through the ranks to become one of its main leaders. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary organisation, also known as Hindustan Socialist Republican Army established in 1928 at Feroz Shah Kotla New Delhi by Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and others. Hindustan Republican Association (HSRA) worked more intensely from 1928 to 1931 in the Indian subcontinent to uproot the British Raj from the country through armed struggle.
Bhagat Singh’s journey to becoming a freedom fighter began when he was the age of 9. He attended a meeting in his own village where the village councillors had begun a strike towards becoming free because they were being controlled by the british who at the time had taken over India and took control. They were then surrounded by many british soldiers. The place that they held the meeting was outside and it was surrounded with a brick walling on all sides except for where the gate was to enter. When the british came in with the soldiers to the meeting. The general of the british soldiers told his men to surround the village people at this meeting. The british men were armed and in stance to shoot and kill. In the middle of this open field/meeting area
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