Remembering Khudiram Bose

Bihar Times
Seven villagers from Khudiram Bose's native Bahuvaini village in Bengal's Midnapore district attended his martyrdom day function in Muzaffarpur in Bihar, where he was hanged by the British Aug 11, 1908.

Bose was born Dec 3, 1889 in Bahuvaini village. He was one of the youngest revolutionaries in the early Indian independence movement and sent to the gallows when he was just 19.

Disillusioned with the British following the partition of Bengal, Bose joined Jugantar - a party of revolutionary activists. He and Prafulla Chaki were sent to Muzaffarpur to assassinate Douglas Kingsford, magistrate of Calcutta Presidency and later the magistrate of Muzaffarpur.

On April 13, 1908, assisted by Chaki, Bose threw a bomb at a carriage that was supposed to be carrying Kingsford, but unfortunately, instead of the British official, two women travelling in the carriage were killed.

Chaki was caught after the attack but shot himself. Bose was arrested a day later and fearlessly confessed that he had thrown the bomb to punish the British. He was sentenced to death and hanged.