ebook PDF - Path of Revolution A Biography of Shaheed Bhagat Singh by Swarn Singh

Any man who stands for progress has to criticize. disbelieve
and challenge every item of the old faith’ Sardar Bhagat Singh
was a man of strong convictions—an iron-Will man. He was a
challenge to the British Empire. He never heeded the rules and
regulations of the British Raj in India.

In his heart of hearts he had a strong desire to lay down
his life at the altar of freedom. He wanted to test the strength
of the ‘killer’. The killing of Saunders became a national pride.
To take revenge of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was an example
of Punjabi self-respect.

Sardar Bhagat Singh kindled the flame of freedom in India
by his martyrdom. He was a moth of Indian freedom, He did
not remain an individual but became the collective symbol of
Indian youth.

Sardar Bhagat Singh like other ghadarites, believed in ‘revo~
lutionary violence’, He wrote, ‘Force when aggressively applied
is ‘violence‘ and is, therefore. morally unjustifiable. but when it
is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it has its moral
justification‘

Sardar Bhagat Singh struggled throughout for India’s freedom.
He declared. “And to let imperialist exploners know that by crushing
indiViduals, they can not kill ideas’. He was a man With Clear
ideas. He was a great social and political writer— an idologue
with lofty ideals. He was a staunch believer of Socialism, which
provides sovereignty to the workers and peasants.

Sardar Bhagat Singh always stood for the highest values of
social and political life. He said, ‘I am trying to stand like a man
with an erect head to the last; even on the gallows’.

l have tried to analyze the political ideology of Sardar Bhagat
Singh. I am highly indebted to Mr. Rakshat Fun for going through
the manuscript. My thanks are due to my colleague 5,5. Rattan
for writing a foreword. I am grateful to Dr. Harcharan Singh Sobti
for his valuable suggestions at various stages. I also thank Mandeep
Singh for his hard work and finally publishing the book timely.

28th December 1997
Swarn Singh