Dear All
We all know that Bhagat Singh was born 100 years ago. The country is celebrating this year in memory his sacrifices for the country.After his dramatic surrender in the Central Legislative Assembly, Bhagat Singh announced that the bombs let off and the bullets fired were not for killing or injuring. They were to create loud enough noise for “the deaf to hear.”
The purpose was to penetrate the stuffed ears of the Firagi. Bhagat Singh and Bakuteshwar Dutt were arrested at Dillee. Rajguru and Sukhdev were making bombs when a faint streak of sulphur flowing down the drain was noticed by the ever vigilant British spies.They were arrested in Lahore. The decision of the court was to hang them till death.Bhagat Singh’s only reaction was to tell the jailer: ‘Now you will see, Sir, how the lovers of freedom lay down their lives.’The three revolutionaries died gallantly and with a poise begotten of unswerving commitment. Bhagat Singh left not only a brave memory in the minds of the nation but also a message written on the wall of barrack No.14. In the book of a police officer A B Awan called “Across The River and Over The Hills”. the text of Bhagat Singh’s message reads:
“I make no secret of the fact that it is but natural for me to desire to remain alive. But I can live only under certain conditions. I refuse to live in prison or on parole. My name has become the focal point of the party of revolution and its sacrifices have placed me on an elevated pedestal. This pedestal is so high that if I survive by being spared, I will not be able to live up to that standard. My weaknesses are not generally known and the public is unaware of them. If I manage to cheat the gallows, they will be exposed for all to see. It may be that the revolutionary fire in me will cool down. It may be even extinguished.
"But if I am hanged like a brave man, with a smile on my face, Indian mothers will encourage their children to emulate my example. Our hangings will substantially add to the numbers of martyrs in the cause of the freedom of the motherland, so much that it will be impossible any longer for the satanic powers of Imperialism to resist the Revolution.Of course there is one thing which even today leaves me uneasy. I have not been able to accomplish a thousandth part of what I aspired for the country and for humanity. Could I but live, I could fulfil some of these tasks and be happy. It is only out of this desire to be able to serve that I wanted to escape the gallows. Otherwise I consider myself the most fortunate man. Really I am very proud of myself now. I have got the better of all my desires. Now I am feverishly waiting for the last rest. I desire that it may be expedited.”
The brave sons of India also wished not to wear the death cap, mandatory for those condemned to death by hanging.Bhagat Singh walked in the centre with Rajguru on his right and Sukhdev on his left. It is reported that Bhagat Singh recited two Urdu verses before his death. One was:
Dil sey mur kar bhee neh nikleygee watan kee ulfut
Myree muttee sey khushbouey watan aayeygee.
The other verse recited at the end by Bhagat Singh linked him to the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar,’ who perished in exile in Rangoon on November 7, 1862, after seeing 21 descendants executed for their role in the First War of Independence in 1857 and his city and palace devastated, destroyed and desecrated by the British. This verse read:
Naa kisee kee aankh kaa nour houn, naa kisee kay dil kaa qaraar houn
Joa kisee kay kaam naa aa sukay mein woah eyk mushtey ghubaar houn
Bhagat Singh was a noble and brave man. He had a very fine taste for good poetry and remembered a large number of verses from Urdu classics. His favourite verse those days, which he often hummed, was from Iqbal,
Dear friends, I am only a guest. My stay is brief. I am a candle that has burnt itself from the night upto the morning. I shall soon be blown out.
R.S.Dahiya
We all know that Bhagat Singh was born 100 years ago. The country is celebrating this year in memory his sacrifices for the country.After his dramatic surrender in the Central Legislative Assembly, Bhagat Singh announced that the bombs let off and the bullets fired were not for killing or injuring. They were to create loud enough noise for “the deaf to hear.”
The purpose was to penetrate the stuffed ears of the Firagi. Bhagat Singh and Bakuteshwar Dutt were arrested at Dillee. Rajguru and Sukhdev were making bombs when a faint streak of sulphur flowing down the drain was noticed by the ever vigilant British spies.They were arrested in Lahore. The decision of the court was to hang them till death.Bhagat Singh’s only reaction was to tell the jailer: ‘Now you will see, Sir, how the lovers of freedom lay down their lives.’The three revolutionaries died gallantly and with a poise begotten of unswerving commitment. Bhagat Singh left not only a brave memory in the minds of the nation but also a message written on the wall of barrack No.14. In the book of a police officer A B Awan called “Across The River and Over The Hills”. the text of Bhagat Singh’s message reads:
“I make no secret of the fact that it is but natural for me to desire to remain alive. But I can live only under certain conditions. I refuse to live in prison or on parole. My name has become the focal point of the party of revolution and its sacrifices have placed me on an elevated pedestal. This pedestal is so high that if I survive by being spared, I will not be able to live up to that standard. My weaknesses are not generally known and the public is unaware of them. If I manage to cheat the gallows, they will be exposed for all to see. It may be that the revolutionary fire in me will cool down. It may be even extinguished.
"But if I am hanged like a brave man, with a smile on my face, Indian mothers will encourage their children to emulate my example. Our hangings will substantially add to the numbers of martyrs in the cause of the freedom of the motherland, so much that it will be impossible any longer for the satanic powers of Imperialism to resist the Revolution.Of course there is one thing which even today leaves me uneasy. I have not been able to accomplish a thousandth part of what I aspired for the country and for humanity. Could I but live, I could fulfil some of these tasks and be happy. It is only out of this desire to be able to serve that I wanted to escape the gallows. Otherwise I consider myself the most fortunate man. Really I am very proud of myself now. I have got the better of all my desires. Now I am feverishly waiting for the last rest. I desire that it may be expedited.”
The brave sons of India also wished not to wear the death cap, mandatory for those condemned to death by hanging.Bhagat Singh walked in the centre with Rajguru on his right and Sukhdev on his left. It is reported that Bhagat Singh recited two Urdu verses before his death. One was:
Dil sey mur kar bhee neh nikleygee watan kee ulfut
Myree muttee sey khushbouey watan aayeygee.
The other verse recited at the end by Bhagat Singh linked him to the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar,’ who perished in exile in Rangoon on November 7, 1862, after seeing 21 descendants executed for their role in the First War of Independence in 1857 and his city and palace devastated, destroyed and desecrated by the British. This verse read:
Naa kisee kee aankh kaa nour houn, naa kisee kay dil kaa qaraar houn
Joa kisee kay kaam naa aa sukay mein woah eyk mushtey ghubaar houn
Bhagat Singh was a noble and brave man. He had a very fine taste for good poetry and remembered a large number of verses from Urdu classics. His favourite verse those days, which he often hummed, was from Iqbal,
Dear friends, I am only a guest. My stay is brief. I am a candle that has burnt itself from the night upto the morning. I shall soon be blown out.
R.S.Dahiya
.... thts irony n cant be changed.......