Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh (1907–1931) was an Indian revolutionary and believed by many to be one of the earlist Marxists in India.

Bomb in the Assembly

In the face of actions by the revolutionaries, the British government enacted the Defense of India act to give more power to the police. The purpose of the act was to combat the revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh. The act was defeated in the council by one vote. However the act was passed under the ordinance that claimed that it was in the best interest of the public. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt, another revolutionary, planned to explode a bomb in the assembly where the ordinance was going to be passed.On April 8, 1929, Singh and Dutt threw bombs onto the corridors and shouted the slogans of Inquilab Zindabad (Long Live, Revolution!). This was followed by a shower of leaflets stating that it takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear. The bomb was exploded to gain the attention of the British and was not powerful enough to kill or injure anybody. It was decided that Singh and Dutt would give themselves up for arrest after the bomb. He and Dutt was awarded death penalty for the bombing on June 12, 1929.

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