The Incredible Life of Bhagat Singh the Indomitable Freedom Fighter

Born in 1907 to a family of farmers in Punjab, Bhagat Singh, at the age ofthree, had declared that he was sowing guns so he could fight the Britishcolonizers. As he grew up, Bhagat Singh became a widely read and fiercelyintelligent man. He would dedicate his life to not only making India free butalso towards creating a more equitable society.Along with many young men and women, he planned seemingly impossibleacts of daring, rebelling against the oppression and exploitation of the British.When Lala Lajpat Rai died of injuries inflicted by the police under JamesScott, Bhagat Singh and his revolutionary friends sought to avenge the deathof the great freedom fighter. However, they ended up mistakenly killingJohn Saunders, another British officer. Bhagat Singh made a daring escapein disguise but he was not one to stay long in hiding. Along with BatukeswarDutt, he decided to storm the Central Assembly in Delhi with pamphlets andsmoke bombs, protesting unfair new laws. The two refused to escape, andwaited to be arrested.When he was twenty-four years old, Bhagat Singh was put to death. Till thevery end, he refused to bow down. His astonishing life and death are broughtto life in this lucid new biography for young readers. Read more