Pic: Shaheed Bhagat Singh at 11 years of age
"I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me" - P.43 of Shaheed Bhagat Singh's Jail notebook
"The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life" - from Bhagat Singh's prison diary, p.124
"Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy" - As quoted in The Sikh Review, Vol. 55 (2007), p. 173
"I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice. These things can never be hindrance in the way of man, provided he be a man. You will have the practical proof in the near future" - Selected writings of Shaheed Bhagat Singh (1986), P.65
"If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud. When we dropped the bomb, it was not our intention to kill anybody. We have bombed the British Government. The British must quit India and make her free" - As quoted in Awakening Indians to India (2008), p.82
"Every tiny molecule of Ash is in motion with my heat
I am such a Lunatic that I am free even in Jail" - Jail Note Book of Shaheed Bhagat Singh (1929)
"One should not interpret the word “Revolution” in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it. For the established agencies of exploitation it conjures up a feeling of blood stained horror. To the revolutionaries it is a sacred phrase" - Letter published in The Tribune (25 December 1929)
"Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If after considerable reasoning one is led to believe in any theory or philosophy, his faith is welcomed. His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary" - Why I am an atheist? (1930)
"By "Revolution", we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty of the proletariat should be recognized and a world federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism and misery of imperial wars" - As quoted in Bhagat Singh and His Ideology (1981) by Shiri Ram Bakshi
Bhagat Singh in Lahore College photo
bhagt singh, sukhdev and rajdev.
Front page of the Tribune (25 March 1931) published from Lahore, reporting the execution of Bhagat singh
Bhagat Singh's Death Warrant
News of Execution
Gallows at Central Jail Lahore where Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev and Many Other Revolutionaries were hanged.
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