(i) Giuseppe Mazzini was born in Genoa on June 22nd, 1807 in a middle class family. 

(ii) He was a patriot, Italian revolutionary, founder of Young Italy and an important figure in liberal nationalism. 

(iii) He was one of the three revolutionaries who made a significant contribution in Italian unification. His efforts led to the unification of Italy. 

(iv) In 1830, he joined the revolutionary Carbonari (a secret association with political purposes) for which he was arrested soon and put in jail. 

(v) There he organised a new political society called Young Italy, whose basic principle was the union of the several states and kingdoms into one republic. 

(vi) He founded underground societies like Young Italy in Marseilles, and Young Europe in Berne. 

(vii) To evoke people’s reaction Mazzini wrote several essays that voiced the injustice to the working class such as the peasants, professionals, artists, and intellectuals. 

(viii) He was elected as a member of a constituent assembly and acquired the responsibility of framing a constitution for the Roman Republic.