Bhagat Singh

Contents: Preface. 1. Early life. 2. The revolutionary movement of Bhagat. 3. What if Bhagat Singh had lived? 4. Bhagat Singh: abiding relevance. 5. An immortal and unforgettable revolutionary. 6. Ideas and thoughts of Bhagat Singh. 7. The legacy we uphold. Bibliography. Index.

"When Bhagat Singh was executed by the British after a sham trial for his involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy case at the age of twenty-three, he was glorified by the Indians as a martyr for his youth, his defiance and his reckless bravery. It was only many years later, after Independence in 1947, that his writings came to light. Today, it is these that set Bhagat Singh apart and reveal him as not just a hot headed revolutionary who believed in the cult of the bomb but a widely-read intellectual inspired by the Writings of Marx and Lenin, to whom the betterment of Indian society was as important as the ouster of the British.

In this book the authors have tried to explore all the related aspects of Bhagat Singh\'s life and his participation in Indian freedom struggle." (jacket)