“Bhagat Singh said – “Your rule is like a sponge which sucks the jewels and diamonds of Ganga and squeezes it at the Thames in England….The Mughals ruled our hearts and unlike you, they did not take India’s wealth outside.”
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Claim dated 23 May 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
No authentic evidence attributing these statements to Bhagat Singh was found. The person in the posted video claims that the same can be found in the ‘Grover and Grover’ book. But no such statements by Bhagat Singh were found in the BL Grover’s Modern Indian History book.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 May 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.