Coming at it does from Bhagat Singh himself, this essay will, it is hoped, help us understand India’s greatest revolutionary, his life, his thought, his world view and so forth. The essay was written a few days before the great revolutionary was hanged and was published under the title ‘Why I am an Atheist’ in 1931 in The People, an English weekly started by L.Lajpat Rai from Lahore. It is a document of great historical importance and substance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Babar Singh
Babar Singh, a social activist, is nephew of Bhagat Singh, lives in Faridabad.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K.C. Yadav
Dr. K.C. Yadav (b. 1936 at Nahar, dist. Rewari, Haryana) did his M.A. from the Panjab University, Chandigarh (1961) and Ph.D. from Rajasthan University, Jaipur. Having served at Kurukshetra University as Professor and Chairman, Department of History, and Director, Centre ofor Ambedker Studies, he retired from there as Dean of Academic Affairs in 1996. A widely traveled man, Dr. Yadav has visited several countries like Japan, U.S.A., France, Bhutan, etc. He was Visiting Professor at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo for a year (1980-81). A specialist in Modern Indian History and regional and social justice studies, Dr. Yadav has authored over a dozen books published from India and abroad. He is currently working as Director, Indian Institute of Social Justice, Gurgaon.
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