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#TodayinHistory: On 8 April 1929, revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt hurled two bombs at the Central Legislative Assembly at Delhi, in protest of an unfavorable Bill which would reduce the civil liberties of citizens. (1/n)

The true motivation behind this daring conduct was to be apprehended and use the ensuing court appearances to advance the cause of their organization, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), for India's independence.(2/n)

Certain newspapers, namely Hindustan Times, Pioneer, and Bande Mataram, were to face contempt of court for printing images of Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt, who were implicated in the Assembly Bomb Case at the time. (3/n)

The bombs meant to be thrown into the Delhi Legislative Assembly were to be harmless. The entire plan, in fact, was modeled on a similar plan by French revolutionary, Auguste Vaillant, which gave rise to the famous line: "It takes an explosion to make the deaf hear." (4/n)

Here are some newspaper excerpts from different publications related to the Delhi Assembly bomb case.(5/n)

Batukeshwar Dutt writes to the Jail authorities complaining against the discrimination faced by Indian prisoners. He asserts that they should be considered as 'political prisoners' and given better facilities. (6/n)

He mentions in the letter, " People call us rash, misguided and impatient youths. So we must be given a fair chance of studying various books in order to see that whether we are really impatient, misguided youths or not; whether our live of work is wrong or right" (n/n)