Shaheed Bhagat Singh

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh September 28, 1907 – March 23, 1931

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Indian Freedom Fighter Revolutionary Poet Martyr Atheist Anarchist One of the Most Influential Revolutionaries of the Indian Independence Movement

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh was seen as a terrorist by the British due to his active involvement in revolutionary movements

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He did not believe in … The Gandhian Philosophy … he viewed that the Gandhian policies will replace one set of exploiters by another

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He did not believe in … God or Religion …he did not understand how devout individuals can act so violently with others due to religious differences

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He believed in … Anarchist and Marxist ideologies…

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He believed … “The ultimate goal of Anarchism is complete independence, according to which no one will be obsessed with God or religion, nor will anybody be crazy for money or other worldly desires. There will be no chains on the body or control by the state. This means that they want to eliminate: the Church, God and Religion; the state; Private property .”

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh was an advocate for change. Though, some of his methods were extreme, they caught the attention of the people. He had strong opinions, who believed that “man acts only when he is sure of the justness of his action”

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Where has the motivation, drive, and inspiration gone for youth today? Why is no one interested in change and making a difference? What’s stopping you? No one society is ideal, there are inequalities present everywhere we see. Are we content with them? Does it not bother us enough to implement change towards these issues, like the great, historic Revolutionists?

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"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 realize 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

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh September 28, 1907 – March 23, 1931