Bhagat Singh was influenced by the teachings of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Mikhail Bakunin.
He was arrested in 1927 in connection with the 1926 Lahore bombing case and released after five weeks.
He founded the Hindustan Republican Association in 1928 which included revolutionaries such as Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan and Chandrashekhar Azad.
As a child, Bhagat Singh intended to “cultivate” guns in the fields to battle the British.
Bhagat Singh was a fantastic actor and theatre artist. He appeared in several plays.
He was against marriage and ran away to Kanpur when his parents asked him to tie the nuptials.
Bhagat Singh’s usage of "Inquilab Zindabad" made it the slogan of India's armed struggle.
He collected blood-stained soil from Jalianwalabagh and kept it in a bottle at home to remind himself of British atrocities.
Bhagat Singh was arrested in 1929 for throwing bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh was executed. This day is observed as Shaheed Diwas.