| 1. He saw a young Indian child being cruelly beaten by British officials in Kanpur, which sparked his anti-colonial sentiments. |
| 2. He met one of the co-founders of the Hindustan Republican Association through a newspaper editor. |
| 3. He joined Bhagat Singh in providing relief during the floods in Kanpur. |
| 4. He started hunger strikes to advocate for the rights of political prisoners in the Andaman Cellular Jail. |
| 5. He set up a study group on Marxism and wrote publications while in prison. |
| 6. He was arrested for his involvement in the Quit India Movement after India gained independence. |
| 7. He never received any financial assistance from the government after independence. |
| 8. He was a member of the Anushilan Samiti, a secret society advocating for armed resistance against British colonial rule. |
| 9. He became closely involved with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), sharing their vision of overthrowing British rule. |
| 10. On April 8, 1929, he and Bhagat Singh threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly to protest repressive colonial laws and make their voices heard, shouting 'Inquilab Zindabad' and 'Samrajyavaad ka naash ho'. |
| 11. He and Bhagat Singh surrendered willingly after the bombing, using the trial as a political platform to expose colonial repression. |
| 12. His lawyer, Asaf Ali, stated that Dutt did not actually throw a bomb but stayed with Singh to be arrested and inspire future revolutionaries. |
| 13. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 12 June 1929 in the Delhi Assembly Bomb Case and deported to the Cellular Jail in the Andamans. |
| 14. He participated in historic hunger strikes in the Cellular Jail, including those in May 1933 and July 1937, and a 114-day strike with Bhagat Singh for better jail conditions. |
| 15. He was released from Bankipur Jail in Patna in 1938 and re-arrested during the Quit India Movement in 1942, spending another four years in jail. |
| 16. After independence, he worked in the transport business, running a bus service, but struggled with poverty and tuberculosis. |
