<P> Inquilab Zindabad (Urdu: اِنقلاب زِنده باد ‬ ‎; Hindi: इंक़लाब ज़िन्दाबाद) is a Hindi - Urdu phrase which translates to "Long live the revolution!" </P> <P> This slogan was coined by the Urdu poet and Indian freedom fighter Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921 . It was popularized by Bhagat Singh (1907 - 1931) during the late 1920s through his speeches and writings . It was also the official slogan of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association . In April 1929, this slogan was raised by Bhagat Singh and his accomplice B.K. Dutt who had shouted this after bombing the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi . Later, for the first time in an open court, this slogan was raised in June 1929 as part of their joint statement at the High Court in Delhi . Since then, it became one of the rallying cries of the Indian independence movement . In Indian political novels chronicling the independence movement, a pro-independence sentiment is often characterized by characters shouting this slogan . </P> <P> The slogan is now used more frequently by socialists and communists, especially by those in the CPI (M), CPI and leftist political parties . </P>

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