The civil rights leader Bhagat Singh died at the age of 23. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Indian socialist who was one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement.
He was raised in a Sikh family that had been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj in the past.
Quotes
"Our entire family is replete with sentiments of patriotism. Uncle Swarna Singh left for his heavenly abode in jail in 1910, two or three years after my birth. Uncle Ajit Singh is leading the life of an exile in foreign countries.
"I will climb the gallows gladly and show to the world as to how bravely the revolutionaries can sacrifice themselves for the cause.
"My applications submitted to the Tribunal regarding my interview during the hunger strike were misinterpreted, and it was published in the press that I was going to offer defence, though in reality I was never willing to offer any defence.
"We must make it clear that revolution does not merely mean an upheaval or a sanguinary strife. Revolution necessarily implies the programme of systematic reconstruction of society on new and better adapted basis after complete destruction of the existing state of affairs (i.e., regime).
"I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.