| Work | Year | Core Idea | |------|------|------------| | Why I am an Atheist | 1930 | Rejection of religion as opium; belief in rational humanism. | | The Idea of a Republic | 1930 | Vision of a post-colonial India based on socialist democracy. | | Letter to Sukhdev | 1929 | Critique of Gandhian non-violence; defense of revolutionary violence. | | Jail Notebook | 1929-31 | Philosophical reflections on Lenin, Marx, and bourgeois nationalism. |
| Category | Examples | |----------|----------| | | Shaheed (1965, Manoj Kumar); The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002, Ajay Devgn); Rang De Basanti (2006 鈥� fictionalized but powerful) | | Songs | 鈥淢era Rang De Basanti Chola鈥� (folk); 鈥淪arfaroshi Ki Tamanna鈥� (poem by Ram Prasad Bismil, adopted by Singh鈥檚 legacy) | | Statues | Parliament of India (Lobby); Hussainiwala Border (joint memorial with Sukhdev & Rajguru); Bhagat Singh Memorial (Moscow 鈥� yes, Russia!) | | Postage Stamps | Issued by India (1968, 2007); also by Cuba, Nicaragua, and East Germany | | Streets & Squares | Bhagat Singh Marg (Delhi); Bhagat Singh Square (Kolkata); and countless schools, parks, and chowks across India | index of the legend of bhagat singh
