Born on September 28, 1907, Bhagat Singh grew up in a family which fought against the British rule. Since childhood, Bhagat Singh was dreaming of uprooting the British Empire from the country. He yearned for "growing guns in the fields" so that he could fight against the British.

When he was in the fourth class, Bhagat Singh asked his classmates : "What do you wish to become when you grow up?" Each boy gave a different answer. When the children asked Bhagat Singh the same question, he said, "I will drive the British out of India." Patriotism flowed in his veins since childhood. By the time he completed his secondary education, the desire to fight for the country’s freedom grew stronger.

Bhagat Singh was only twelve year- old when the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place. He was deeply disturbed by this event. The next day, instead of going to school, Bhagat Singh went straight to the place of the tragedy. He collected a bottle of mud which was smeared with blood and returned home. With the bottle in his hand, he said : "Look here. This is the blood of our people killed by the British. Salute this". He put the bottle in a niche and decorated it with flowers. The feeling that the British must be driven out of India immediately became firm.

In 1922, Gandhiji called off non-cooperation movement after the Chauri Choura incident. That was a great disappointment to young Bhagat Singh, a lad of fifteen years. Should an important movement be given up just because 22 persons died? He firmly believed that armed revolution was the only practical way of winning freedom. When he was student at National College, Lahore, Bhagat Singh studied the lives of the revolutionaries of Ireland, Italy and Russia. The more he read, the deeper grew his belief that revolation alone could bring freedom.

Bhagat Singh was a fountainhead of zeal. His village was too small for his activities. He went to Lahore. There, he became secretary of ‘Naujavan Bharat Sabha’, a revolutionary organisation. The declared objectives were to spread Indian culture but the real purpose was to engineer a revolution for country’s freedom.

Bhagat Singh got into touch with the students’ unions. He figured in the hit-list of the police. Spies started watching his movements. Once, the police jailed him suspecting his hand in a bomb explosion. Two rich persons gave surety to bail him out. In 1928, Bhagat Singh met Chandrasekhar Azad in Delhi. It was like fire uniting with wind. The activities of the revolutionaries gained new strength. Bhagat Singh removed his beard so that police might not recognise him.

There was a revolutionary party called the ‘Hindustan Prajatantra Sangha’ (The Indian Republic Party) which was later called ‘Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sangha’ (The Indian Socialist Republican Party). Its aim was to establish a republic in India by means of an armed revolution. The revolutionaries needed bombs to drive out the British. Bhagat Singh went to Calcutta and learnt bomb-making.

In February 1928, Simon Commission visited India. When it reached Lahore in October, it had to face a big demonstration led by Lala Lajpat Rai. The revolutionaries did not allow Simon Commission to proceed. The Police Superintendent, one Scott by name, ordered a lathicharge. But Lajpat Ray and his companions did not budge. A police officer, Saunders, rushed forward and hit Lajpat Rai on the chest. It was a powerful blow. It led to the collapse of Lajpat Rai who died one month later. In his death, the revolutionaries suffered a heavy loss. They decided to avenge the death of Lajpat Rai. Bhagat Singh and another revolutionary leader Rajguru killed Saunders. This incident sent tremors to the British Government. The police searched for Bhagat Singh and Rajguru but it could not find them. Three months passed by.

In April 1929, the British Government wanted to place before the Central Legislative Assembly two bills which were likely to sabotage country’s interests. The Hindustan Samajvadi Prajatantra Sena decided to resist the move. It decided to send Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt to Delhi. Both of them were to throw a bomb in the Legislative Assembly and get arrested. For this purpose, two harmless bombs were made.

On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the Assembly Hall. People ran helter skelter. Red pamphlets fell from the visitors’ gallery and the hall reverberated with Inquilab Zindabad (Long Live Revolution!). The police rushed to the spot. Only Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt were there. They got them hand-cuffed. The bombs thrown into the Assembly Hall killed no one. The incident attracted the attention of the entire world. The British Government trembled.

After the incident, the Government seized material that could be used to make seven thousand bombs. Within a few days, most of the revolutionaries were arrested. The Government filed a case against them, accusing them of executing the Lahore Plot. Bhagat Singh and his companions were kept in prison in Lahore.

The trial began. The police heavily guarded the court. No spectators were allowed inside the court. The prisoners were brought to the court in chains. They used to shout Inquilab Zindabad and only then used to enter the court hall. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt stated: "If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud. When we dropped the bomb, it was not our intention to kill anybody. We have bombed the British Government. The British must quit India and make her free." They also explained the objectives of their organisation. The whole world came to understand their aim and activities. Finally judgment was delivered. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were to be hanged.