Inquilab Zindabad
Shaheed
Bhagat Singh
27 September 1907 — 23 March 1931
A revolutionary, writer and thinker who gave his life for India's freedom at just 23. His courage in the face of the gallows made him the eternal symbol of fearless youth — the Shaheed-e-Azam, the greatest of martyrs.
"They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit."
— Bhagat Singh
A Life in Four Moments
1907
Born in Banga, Punjab, into a family of freedom fighters
1928
Avenged Lala Lajpat Rai's death; Hindustan Socialist Republican Association formed
1929
Threw smoke bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly — "to make the deaf hear"
1931
Executed on 23 March at age 23 — became immortal as India's beloved Shaheed-e-Azam