Which of the following statements about Bhagat Singh is/are NOT true? 1. Bhagat Singh was influenced by socialist ideas 2. He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association 3. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929 with the objective to kill as many people as possible Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Bhagat Singh was deeply influenced by socialist ideas, which led to the renaming of the Hindustan Republican Association to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928 [3]. As a prominent leader of the HSRA, he advocated for a revolution by the masses rather than just individual heroic acts [3]. On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs into the Central Legislative Assembly to protest the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill [2]. However, the objective was not to kill; the bombs were deliberately designed to be non-lethal and smoke-emitting to 'make the deaf hear' and draw attention to British repression [1]. They chose a vacant area to ensure no casualties, making statement 3 false. Since the question asks for the statement that is NOT true, only statement 3 fits.

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1. [3] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 2: Nationalism in India > To the altar of this revolution we have brought our youth as incense' > p. 41
2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 17: Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces > Bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly (April 1929) > p. 350
3. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 5: Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles > Bhagat Singh's Bomb Throwing > p. 64