“Zindgi to apne damm par hi jiyi jati hey...dusro k kandhe par tohh shirf janaje uthaye jate hey.”

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh
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Born: September 27, 1907, Jaranwala Tehsil
Died: March 23, 1931, Lahore, Pakistan
Education: National College, Lahore, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System
Parents: Sardar Kishan Singh Sandhu, Vidyavati

Bhagat Singh's quotes from his jail notebook

Born on 28 September 1907, Bhagat Singh is considered one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. For all the 23 years that he lived, he established his own ideologies and struggled to get India free from the Britishers. Today is Bhagat Singh's death anniversary and the 84th Martyrdom Day.

Man and Mankind : "I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me" - (Page 43 of Jail notebook)

Aim of life : “The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.”

- (Page 124 of Jail notebook)

"Every tiny molecule of Ash is in motion with my heat I am such a Lunatic that I am free even in Jail."

- (Jail note book)

“Lovers, Lunatics and poets are made of same stuff.”

- (Jail note book)

"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."

- (Page 82 of Jail notebook)

"One should not interpret the word “Revolution” in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it. For the established agencies of exploitation it conjures up a feeling of blood stained horror. To the revolutionaries it is a sacred phrase."

- (Letter published in The Tribune - 25th december, 1929)

"Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy."

- (As quoted in The Sikh Review, Volume 55, page 173)

"…by crushing individuals, they cannot kill ideas."

- (Jail Note Book)

 

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"The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people."

"Life is lived on its own…other’s shoulders are used only at the time of funeral."

- (Jail Note Book)

Jai Hind!

 

[jamahir]

good selection of quotes of one of the few true modern revolutionaries that india produced... i salute you, shaheed bhagat singh !!! and to hell with the sanghi traitors who hide your socialist ideological tendencies and try to present you in their own pervert mould.

may today's youth forget their cell phone and college and jobs and walk in your revolutionary footsteps, and take back india from the clutches of reactionary demons.

salute by a human to a great human,
jai humanity !!!

 

[dray]

good selection of quotes of one of the few true modern revolutionaries that india produced... i salute you, shaheed bhagat singh !!! and to hell with the sanghi traitors who hide your socialist ideological tendencies and try to present you in their own pervert mould.

may today's youth forget their cell phone and college and jobs and walk in your revolutionary footsteps, and take back india from the clutches of reactionary demons.

salute by a human to a great human,
jai humanity !!!

Most (if not all) Indian leaders of that era had socialist ideological tendencies, those were the prime days of socialism. And India was in no position to even think about a capitalist economic model back then.

 

[jamahir]

Most (if not all) Indian leaders of that era had socialist ideological tendencies, those were the prime days of socialism.

certainly prime days of socialism, yes... the communist party of india was established in tashkent city in 1921 by eight people, i think... even nehru seems to have been inspired by socialism in his college days though later he went the opposite direction.

but there were wrong people - not only the openly reactionaries but also others like vallabh patel, abul kalam azad and shastri who really are responsible for the mess india, pakistan, bangladesh are presently in.

And India was in no position to even think about a capitalist economic model back then.

it is my belief that india could have opted for indian understanding of socialist system which rejected the british representative parliament system... india should have reject the system of president, prime minister, chief minister, government, mp etc, and found a much simpler system with basis in progressive socialism which in passing years would have progressed towards true communism.

sad that south asians are generally not original thinkers.