Khudiram Bose
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Kshudiram Bose
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December 3, 1889 Habibpur, Midnapore District, Bengal Presidency, India |
| Died | 11 August 1908 (aged 18) muzaffarpur, bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Role in Indian freedom struggle |
Khudiram Bose (Bengali: ক্ষুদিরাম বসু Kshudiram Boshu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 8 months and 8 days old.
Khudiram Bose was born on 3 December 1889 in the village of Mohaboni at Keshpur Block in Midnapore (now Paschim Medinipur) district of West Bengal.
In 1902 and 1903, when Sri Aurobindo (who was in the earlier stage of his life a revolutionary leader and ideologue) and Sister Nivedita respectively visited Medinipur and held a series of public lectures along with secret planning sessions with the revolutionary groups; Khudiram was among the teenage student community of the town which was fired up with a burning inspiration of revolution. It was from then that Khudiram took his first steps towards choosing the path that would make him a boy-martyr. Khudiram as a student of Midnapore Collegiate School, dared to request a teacher, Hemchandra Kanungo for a revolver.
At the young age of sixteen, Bose planted bombs near police stations and targeted government officials. He was arrested three years later on charges of conducting a series of bomb attacks. The specific bombing for which he was sentenced to death resulted in the deaths of 3 persons.
Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki were tasked with the murder of Kingsford, the magistrate of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. During his previous posting as Chief Magistrate of Calcutta Presidency, Kingsford had become unpopular for passing harsh and cruel sentences on young political workers. He was also noted for inflicting corporal punishments on such workers. For these reasons, the revolutionaries decided to murder him. Chaki and Khudiram were chosen by Barindra Kumar Ghosh and sent to Muzaffarpur to execute this task.
Kshudiram was sent to the region called Motijhil in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He adopted the name "Haren Sarkar" and took up residence in a 'dharmashala' (free, charitable inn) run by one Kishorimohan Bandopadhyay. He gave himself a few days time to closely observe the daily routine, activities and movements of his target, Kingsford, taking note of his timings at the court, the club and his house.
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