Bhagatsingh How was Shaheed Bhagat Singh arrested?

Bhagatsingh How was Shaheed Bhagat Singh arrested?

Bhagatsingh How was Shaheed Bhagat Singh arrested? and his brave fight for freedom. Learn how Bhagat Singh’s revolutionary actions led to his capture, inspiring generations to come. Explore his journey to becoming a legendary hero in India’s independence movement.

Bhagatsingh was a brave revolutionary of the Indian freedom struggle, whose martyrdom filled new energy in the country’s freedom struggle. Know the life story of Bhagat Singh, his thoughts, and the history of his revolutionary steps inspired by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

• Today we will learn about that great revolutionary whom the whole of India considers its ideal and many centuries to come will continue to consider him as their ideal.

Simon Commission

• While passing the Act of 1919, the British government had announced that it would review these reforms again after 10 years, but in November 1927 itself it announced the appointment of a commission whose name was – Indian Legal Commission. Sir John Simon was its chairman and all the seven members were British. Later, due to this John Simon, it came to be known as the Simon Commission.
• This commission was to study the present government system, spread of education and representative institutions and then report on the extent to which the establishment of responsible government in India is necessary and to what extent India is ready for it.
• Although the next step regarding constitutional reforms was to be taken by the British government in 1929, but the then ruling party of Britain, the Conservative Party, feared the opposition Labour Party and did not want to leave the question of the future of Britain’s most valuable colony to the Labour Party which was to come to power.
• The then Secretary of State of the Conservative Party, Lord Birkenhead, believed that the people of India were capable of making a definite plan for sensitive reforms. Hence, he appointed the Simon Commission.

The Simon Commission suggested that

• Responsible government should be formed in all areas including law and order in the provincial areas.
• The central legislature should be reorganized and it should have a parliamentary spirit and its members should be indirectly elected by the provincial legislatures.

1. A responsible government should not be formed at the centre because the right time for this has not come yet.

• In India, there was immediate and intense public outrage against the Simon Commission. The main reason for the public outrage was that no Indian was made a member of the commission. And the decision regarding self-governance of India was to be taken by foreigners, while Indians believed that the constitution of India should be made by Indians only. Finally, due to no Indian member being included in the commission, they inferred that the British did not consider Indians capable of good governance.

• On 3 February 1928, the Simon Commission reached Mumbai. As soon as it reached Mumbai, strikes and processions were organized in all the major cities of the country. Wherever the commission went, it was welcomed with black flags and slogans of “Simon Go Back”. Even in the Central Legislative Assembly, Simon was refused to be welcomed. The most important fact of public anger against Simon Commission was that a large number of youth participated in it. And for the first time they experienced political participation.
• Youth played an active role in the protests being held against the commission, and gave it a revolutionary form. In this phase, Subhash Chandra Bose emerged as a prominent young nationalist. This young nationalist toured various places and addressed meetings at various places.
• By raising the consciousness of protest among the youth, the germination and development of fundamental socialist ideas got fertile ground, the effect of which was experienced in organizations like Punjab Naujawan Sabha, Mazdoor Yuvak Kisan Dal and Hindustani Seva Samiti.

The repression of the police administration kept increasing.

• The police had started a cycle of repression on the protesters against the Simon Commission. It lathi-charged at many places and did not even spare senior leaders. Jawaharlal Nehru and GB Pant were badly beaten up in Lucknow. Meanwhile, in India,
• when the revolutionaries of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association were gradually moving away from destructive and revolutionary activities, at the same time, in November 1928, they were again inflamed due to the death of Sher-e-Punjab Lala Lajpat Rai ji due to lathi charge.
• In 1928, a demonstration was organized in Lahore to protest against the visit of Simon Commission to India. The protesters were led by Lala Lajpat Rai.
• In Lahore, Assistant Police Captain Saunders ordered lathi charge on the people protesting against the Simon Commission. As a result, Lala Lajpat Rai ji was badly injured and on 15 November 1928, he was martyred for the country.
• Three prominent members of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Rajguru held Saunders responsible for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai ji and murdered Saunders on 17 December 1928. How was Shaheed Bhagat Singh arrested? Bhagat Singh

Bomb explosion in Central Assembly (April 1929)

• The leadership of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association decided to explain to the public that its objective has now changed and it believes in people’s revolution. At the same time, the British government was planning to pass the Trade Dispute Bill and Public Safety Bill with the objective of imposing restrictions on the fundamental rights of Indians, especially the workers. While protesting against this, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt were given the responsibility of throwing a bomb in the Central Assembly.
• The objective of throwing the bomb was not to kill anyone, but to make the government aware of the protest. It was to make the deaf hear.