Bhagat Singh as he appeared in 1929 after cutting his hair in Lahore to escape detection by police Born 28 September 1907 [a] Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab , British India Died 23 March 1931 (aged 23) Lahore , Punjab , British India Organizati on Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Kirti Kisan Party, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Movement Indian Independence movement Religion None (Singh was an Atheist ) Bhagat Singh (IPA: [pə̀ɡət̪ sɪ́ŋɡ] ( ) 27/28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) [a] was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement . He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the word Shaheed meaning martyr in a number of South Asian and Middle Eastern languages. Born into a Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj , as a teenager Singh studied European revolutionary movements and was attracted to anarchist and Marxist ideologies. He became involved in numerous revolutionary organisations, and quickly rose through the ranks of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) to become one of its main leaders, eventually changing its name to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928.
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