Khudiram Bose
Why in News:
PM Modi paid homage to Khudiram Bose in Man ki Baat.
UPSC CSE Relevance:
UPSC CSE in prelims examination has focused on different famous personalities in History. A case in point is a following PYQ
UPSC Prelims PYQ 2022:
Consider the following freedom fighters:
1. Barindra Kumar Ghosh
2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
3. Rash Behari Bose
Who of the above was/were actively associated with the Ghadar Party?
A)1 and 2 only
B) 2 only
C) 1 and 3 only
D) 3 only
About Khudiram Bose:
- Khudiram Bose was born on 3rd December 1889 in Midnapore District.
- He joined revolutionary Anushilan Samiti at the age of 15 years.
- Along with Praful Chaki, he decided to kill a brutal British officer, Kingsford, and bombed his carriage in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on 1 May 1908. However, he was seated in a different carriage and the bombs resulted in the deaths of two British women.
- They tried to escape but were followed by police, Prafula Chaki was killed at Mokamaghat station and Khudi Ram Bose was arrested and convicted to death.
- He was hanged on 11 August 1908 at Muzaffarpur at the age of 18 years for his role in the ‘Muzzafarpur Conspiracy case’ making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence movement.