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Master Persuader
Group No. 1
About Bhagat Singh
• Born: September 27th 1907
• Death: March 23, 1931• He was the third son
of Sardar Kishan Singh and Vidyavati
• Bhagat Singh was one of the most prominent faces of Indian freedom struggle
Life• Bhagat Singh started following Non-
Cooperation Movement called by Mahatma Gandhi
• He became involved in numerous revolutionary organizations– Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)– Naujawan Bharat Sabha – Kirti Kissan Party
• In 1919, when Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place
• The massacre strengthened his resolve to drive British out from India
Before leaving home
Bhagat Singh wrote a letter; he said, "The aim of my life is to fight for India's freedom. I don't wish for worldly pleasures. At the time of my Upanayanam (the initiation ceremony among the Hindus), my uncle had taken a sacred promise from me; I promised to sacrifice myself for the sake of the country. Accordingly I am now giving up my own happiness and going out to serve the country."
Bomb In The Assembly (Pathos)
• In the face of actions by the revolutionaries
• The British government enacted the Defence of India Act to give more power to the police
• The Act was defeated in the council by one vote.
• However, the Act was then passed under the ordinance that claimed that it was in the best interest of the public.
• In response to this act, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association planned to explode a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the ordinance was going to be passed.
• It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt another revolutionery would throw the bomb in the assembly
• On April 8, 1929, Singh and Dutt threw a bomb onto the corridors of the assembly and shouted "Inquilab Zindabad! “("Long Live the Revolution!").
• The bomb neither killed nor injured anyone
• He and Dutt were sentenced to 'Transportation for Life' for the bombing on June 12, 1929.
• And mother India lost her brave son • “He is the symbol of the heroism of
the youth of India. A revolutionary He threw a bomb when the Legislature was in session to warn the British Government. He was put to death but lives in the hearts of his countrymen”
– Eswarachandra
Ethos
Ethos
• There was a logic behind everything Bhagat Singh used to do.• It takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear
• Bhagat Singh decided to use the court as a tool to publicize his cause for the independence of India
• While in jail, Bhagat Singh and other prisoners launched a hunger strike advocating for the rights of prisoners and those facing trial
• ""I am confident that my death will do more to smash the British Empire than my release" and told his father to withdraw the petition
• In the leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 9 April 1929, he stated that It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas
Logos