Bhagat Singh, a charismatic Indian revolutionary, professing socialism and atheism was born on September 28 in Banga, Punjab, now in Pakistan, to Vidyavati and Kishan Singh Sandhu.
Bhagat Singh was executed on March 23, at the age of 23, along with his friends Sukhdev and Rajguru.
When he was in the Central Jail, he penned down a book named ‘Why I Am An Athiest’ in 1930. He has also written a number letters to his family and friends. He spent around two years of his life in jail and during this time he maintained a notebook full of notes and jottings from what he was reading.
During his last days in jail, he wrote a letter to his brother Kultar Singh from the Lahore Jail. In the letter, written in Urdu, he asked his brother to keep faith and pens down a poem.
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The emotional letter shows that the legendary freedom fighter was a thinker and a writer with a passion for poetry.
Bhagat Singh has also written a number of books, which include – Why I Am An Atheist: An Autobiographical Discourse, The Jail Notebook And Other Writings, Letter to Father, and No Hanging, Please Shoot Us.
Bhagat Singh has also written for, and edited, Urdu and Punjabi newspapers, published in Amritsar and also contributed to low-priced pamphlets published by the Naujawan Bharat Sabha that excoriated the British.