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government institutions, he
left his school and joined the
National College in Lahore.

Even in his teens, he displayed
a maturity beyond his years
and a determination to live
for the motherland. When his
parents planned his marriage,
he refused firmly, declaring, ‘If

my marriage is to take place in
slave India, my bride shall only
be death.’
The death of Lala Lajpat
'The Tribune' news report of Sardar
Rai in 1928, following a brutal
Bhagat Singh's execution, 1931.
police lathi charge during
Bhagat. In 1919, when he was just
peaceful protests against the
12 years old, he visited the site of
Simon Commission, profoundly
the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
in Amritsar, where hundreds

of innocent Indians were killed
by British troops on order by
General Dyer. The blood-stained
land left a deep impression on
his mind and concretised his
resolve.

Bhagat Singh’s formal
education began in his village
and continued at Dayanand
Anglo-Vedic (DAV) School,
Lahore. Answering Mahatma
Pamphlet thrown by Bhagat Singh in the
Gandhi’s call to boycott Central Assembly Hall, Delhi.
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