Bhagat Singh's life is worth taking inspiration from. The young freedom fighter, also known as Shaheed-e-Azam was hanged along with fellow fighters and inmates Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar at the age of 23 on March 23, 1931, inspiring millions of people to revolt against the British rule.  His love for the country that made him sacrifice his life has inspired the country’s youth to fight and protest for their rights. On Bhagat Singh's 112^th birth anniversary, here are some known and not-so-known facts about his life.

Revolutionary beginnings

Bhagat Singh was born on September 28, 1907, in the town of Banga, which at present a part of the Punjab province in Pakistan, to a politically active family. He was a part of the Hindustan Republican Association, and worked with some of its prominent members such as Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil and Shafaqallah Khan, that Singh himself renamed as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.