One may suggest that the concept of Khalsa was very inspiring that it eventually enriched the region’s history with rebels and revolutionists Banda Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Dhulla Bhatti, Jeona Morh, The Kukas, Sohan Singh Bakhna, as the foreign oppression, such as Mughal Empire was proving to be heavy (Rai, 1995: 5). The term Khalsa refers to a person who is self-sovereign and is not bound by any higher authority, except god. In 1486, Guru Nanak first undertook the task of introducing a revolutionary perception to Punjab’s society – a perception of a Khalsa (Singh, 1981: 6). Therefore, it was a matter of bringing Singh to the limelight in the western world and that is exactly what my aim is in this series of articles.

The reason why Bhagat Singh is the locomotive of this project is firstly, he belongs to the culture one I come from, and secondly due to the sacrifices made by him in a short span of time as he gained martyrdom at the age of 23. It should not be mistaken for a general auto-biography, as the writing attempts to portray Bhagat Singh as an intellect of Marxism and Anarchism, as well as a righteous revolutionist who carried out a movement of his own which resulted to better than of Gandhi’s. This piece of writing is solely dedicated to Bhagat Singh and his philosophy. Royenge hum hazaar baar koi hume sataye kyun – Ghalib Dil he to hai na sang-o-kisht, dard se bhar na aaye kyun,

Bhagat Singh by Raghvinder Singh