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| The photograph of Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt was taken by Sham Lal in Delhi on April 4, 1929 and sent for publication to newspapers by Bhagat Singh's comrades. |
March 23, 2016, NewsCrunch
ABVP activists allegedly disrupted a lecture on Bhagat Singh by Prof Chaman Lal last week.
They were reportedly unhappy with his support to JNU students and called him traitor. ABVP senior leaders however denied the attack on Prof Chaman Lal.
Prof Chaman Lal is the most important contemporary scholar on the legendary freedom fighter and has published a book on him, Understanding Bhagat Singh.
Here is a video of his full lecture on Bhagat Singh delivered at Azim Premji university, Bangalore, last year.
Like us, if you have only a text book knowledge of Bhagat Singh, here is an intimate account of his life and ideas. There are anecdotes of his life you may not have known, but will help you understand why the man became a legend at the age of 23.
For instance, the photo above was taken a few days before Bhagat Singh and B K Dutt threw low intensity bombs at the Parliament It was part of their media strategy to publicise the incident.
The actual bomb throwing in Parliament was inspired by a French anarchist Auguste Vaillant, who had done the same on 9 December 1893.
Like Bhagat Singh, he was was also executed after the incident.