On this day, 11 August, 18-year-old young revolutionary Khudiram Bose embraced martyrdom. Bose was a freedom fighter, who was one of the youngest revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He was born on 3rd December 1889.

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Khudiram Bose

was influenced by the notion of karma in the Bhagvad Gita.  He was involved in revolutionary activities to free mother India from the clutches of British rule. Dissatisfied with the British policy of the partition of Bengal in 1905, he joined Jugantar – the party of revolutionary activists. At the tender age of sixteen, Bose left bombs near police stations and made government officials his victims. He was arrested on charges of carrying out a series of bomb attacks

In Muzzafarpur, Bihar,on 30th April, 1908 Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki planned to assasinate the Chief Presidency Magistrate Kingsford.The magistrate gained notoriety for delivering blatant judgments against the freedom fighters.They waited for Kingsford’s carriage to come in front of the gate of European Club and blew up a carriage which was not carrying Kingsford.

On the charges of bomb attacks carried out by  Bose, he was sentenced to death at the age of 18.He was hanged to death on 11 August 1908.