![]() He also took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi and a hunger strike in jail, which-on the back of sympathetic coverage in Indian-owned newspapers-turned him into a household name in Punjab region, and after his execution at age 23 into a martyr and folk hero in Northern India. Bhagat Singh (September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary who participated in the murder of a junior British police officer and an Indian head constable in mistaken retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist.
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