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"But man's duty is to try and endeavor, success depends upon chance and environments."
Bhagat Singh was a prominent young revolutionary hero of the Indian Independence movement, who was martyred at the age of 23.
He wrote a series of essays which reflects his revolutionary fervour and ranges from 1925 to 1931. One of his most famous essays, "Why I am an Atheist" was written while he was imprisoned in the Lahore Central Jail.
Bhagat Singh's honesty and intense patriotism is entailed in the essays and weaves a prismatic story which aimed to ignite a spark of hope, courage and revolution among the readers.
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BHAGAT SINGH (1907-1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary who was convicted and hanged by the British in 1931 for his role in killing a colonial police officer in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. Singh wrote for several Punjabi and Urdu newspapers and journals and fiercely advocated Marxist theories. He is also known for popularizing the revolutionary phrase 'Inquilab Zindabad' or 'Long Live Revolution!'.
