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On March 23, 1931, India's revolutionary independence fighter Bhagat Singh was hung together with two other Indian freedom fighters, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru. This year marks the 91st anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh's martyrdom. The British tried and convicted the young revolutionary leaders for fatally shooting British police officer John Saunders, whom they mistook for British police superintendent James Scott, whom they believed was responsible for the death of popular nationalist leader Lala Lajpat Rai, who martyred after succumbing to injuries sustained during a lathi charge. Every year on March 23rd, India commemorates Shaheed Diwas to honour and remember the sacrifice of three young Indian freedom warriors who lost their lives for the cause of India's independence. The newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who took his oath at Bhagat Singh's hometown of Khatkar Kalan, has proclaimed Shaheed Diwas a state holiday.

Bhagat Singh's Birth and Death Dates

When and where was Bhagat Singh born?

Bhagat Singh was born on September 28, 1907, in the hamlet of Banga in the Punjab district of Lyallpur, Pakistan.

On what day did Bhagat Singh die?

On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were hung at the Lahore Central Jail.

When Bhagat Singh died, he was how old?

Bhagat Singh was 23 years old when he died as a martyr.

Bhagat Singh's Biography

Bhagat Singh was the second of seven children, the others being four sons and three daughters. Vidyavati and Kishan Singh Sandhu were his parents. His father and uncle, Ajit Singh, were progressive politicians who were involved in the Canal Colonization Bill movement in 1907 and the Ghadar Movement in 1914–1915.  Bhagat Singh attended the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School in Lahore before enrolling in the National College in 1923, which was founded two years earlier by Lala Lajpat Rai in response to Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, which urged Indian students to avoid British-Indian schools and colleges. In May 1927, he was detained on the guise of being involved in a bombing.

A Watershed Moment

In 1928, the British established the Simon Commission to examine and report on India's political condition. Because there were no Indian members on the Commission, it was received with strong criticism, and rallies were organised against it. On October 30, 1928, Lala Lajpat Rai organised a demonstration against the commission in Lahore, and police were instructed to lathi charge the gathering to remove them. Lala Lajpat Rai was severely hurt during the lathi-charge and died of a heart attack later that day. James A. Scott, the then-police superintendent, authorised the lathi-charge.

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