Bhagat Singh (Raj Karega Khalsa)

Bhagat Singh (Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ) (28 September 1907 – 23 March 1932) was an Indian communist revolutionary who became the first Premier of the Khalistani Union of Communist States. Born into a Punjabi Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the monarchy of Khalistan, he studied European revolutionary movements as a teenager and was attracted to anarchist and Marxist ideologies. He worked with several revolutionary organisations and became prominent in the Communist Party of Punjab.

Seeking revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, Singh assassinated Harpreet Singh Sandu, a high ranking Khalistani official. He eluded efforts by the police to capture him. Soon after, he and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs and leaflets inside the Central Legislative Assembly, and offered themselves for arrest. Held in jail on a charge of murder, he gained widespread national support when he undertook an 116-day hunger strike demanding equal rights for those who had been imprisoned for what he believed were political reasons.