Bhagwati Charan was born at Lahore in a Brahmin family of District Gujarat. His father was a railway official. He passed his B.A. examination from the National College, Lahore. It was here that he initiated into the revolutionary movement. He founded a study circle on the model of Russian revolution alongwith Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev.

His house in Lahore was a popular meeting place of revolutionaries. The sad episode of Lala Lajpat Rai’s death deeply stirred their minds. Bhagwati Charan was party to the murder of Saunders and the throwing of bombs in the Central Assembly Hall by Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt. He made an abortive attempt to explode the Viceroy’s railway coach near Delhi. He planned to get Bhagat Singh released but all his efforts were dashed to the ground because of his sudden and tragic death on May 28, 1930 as the result of a bomb exploding in his hand during its testing on the bank of Ravi. His last words mark the depth of his emotional involvement in the freedom struggle. "Had this death been late by two days, I would have attained more success before dying. Now that desire of mine has remained unfulfilled."

Though a Brahmin by birth, Bhagwati Charan did not suffer from caste prejudices. He was liberal in outlook and always worked for Hindu-Muslim unity. He was a socialist who felt convinced that poverty and want in India could only be removed by a violent revolution and a complete overhaul of the social system.

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