Life is lived only on your shoulders.
Only funerals are carried on the shoulders of others.-Bhagat Singh
A revolutionary and freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British at the age of 23. He became a national hero of the Indian independence movement against colonial rule because of his swift execution. Many people consider Shaheed Bhagat Singh, also known as Shaheed, to be one of India's first Marxists.
He spent a few years in a village school before enrolling in an Arya Samaj-run Anglo-Vedic school in Lahore. He was accepted in 1923 to Lahore's National College, which was established by Lala Lajpat Rai, an advocate for Indian independence. The college was founded in accordance with Mahatma Gandhi's call for non-cooperation to avoid attending schools and colleges that the British government financially supported.
Bhagat Singh became actively involved in India's freedom struggle because his family was also heavily involved in progressive politics. A few hours after General Dyer had killed tens of thousands of unarmed protesters, he went to the scene of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.