Question

Who was the first to raise the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. M Kelappan
C. Veer Savarkar
D. Shankaran Nair

Answer 1

Hint:
A Hindustani word, Inquilab Zindabad, translates to "Long live the revolution." It was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association's official slogan, as well as the All India Azad Muslim Conference's slogan.

Complete answer:
 The Urdu poet, Indian freedom fighter, and leader of the Indian National Congress, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, coined this slogan in 1921. During the late 1920s, Bhagat Singh (1907–1931) popularised it through his speeches and writings.

This slogan was raised in April 1929 by Bhagat Singh and his associate, B.K.Dutt, who cried out during the bombing of the Delhi Central Legislative Assembly. Later, as part of their joint declaration at the High Court in Delhi in June 1929, this slogan was presented for the first time in an open court. It has since been one of the Indian independence movement's rallying cries. In Indian political novels chronicling the independence movement, characters shouting this slogan are always marked by a pro-independence feeling.

Additional information:
 Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan, known by his pen-name Hasrat Mohani, was an Indian activist, an Indian independence movement freedom fighter, and a noted Urdu language poet. In 1921, he coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad (translated to "Long live the revolution!"). At the Ahmedabad Session of the Indian National Congress in 1921, he is regarded as the first person to claim complete independence for India along with Swami Kumaranand. In 1915-two years after Quaid-i-Azam-he joined the Muslim League. He wanted to put together Hindus & Muslims and claimed that the granting of 'full freedom' to the Indians would remove Hindu-Muslim differences automatically.

Bhagat Singh was renowned for making the slogan famous. His thoughts on transition were very evident. He wanted everyone to be revolutionised. He believed in educating everybody in India about international atrocities. It didn't really change the story by uttering “long live revolution” in his last days. He was to be hanged earlier and the decision was not reversed by the slogan. Yet, there was a need to say that. His declaration delighted all those who saw the ceremony.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
 Bhagat Singh dropped his religious convictions after witnessing the Hindu-Muslim riots that broke out after Gandhi dismantled the Non-Cooperation Movement because he claimed that religion hindered the fight for freedom of the revolutionaries, and began researching the works of Bakunin, Lenin, Trotsky, all atheist revolutionaries.