Khudiram Bose was birthed on 3rd Dec 1889 in a Kayastha family in a small village Mohobani, situated under the Keshpur Police Station in the Medinipur district of West Bengal. His father was a Tehsildar in the Nerajol.
Khudiram Bose, an epitome of fearlessness, was the youngest revolutionaries of the Indian Independence movement. Arrested for trying to assassinate British judge Douglas Kingsford, he was executed on August 11, 1908, in Muzaffarpur jail in Bihar at the age of 18. Bose and his colleague Prafulla Chaki had conspired to kill the judge as his judgments were seen as biased, harsh, and unjust against Indian nationalists. They had targeted the judge's vehicle with a bomb but he was not in there and thus escaped the attack. Bose was arrested and sentenced to death while Chaki killed himself before police could arrest him.
Being the fourth child in his family. His parents, Trailokyanath Bose and Lakshmipriya Devi had two sons before the birth of Khudiram but both of them died prematurely. Followed by the traditional customs prevalent in the culture, the newborn child was symbolically sold to his eldest sister in exchange for three handfuls of food grains locally known as Khud, in an attempt to save him from dying at an early age. This way he acquired the name, Khudiram.When Bengal was partitioned in 1905, he participated in several protests against the British. At the age of 15, he would know how to make bombs and plant them near police stations. Around the same time, he was first arrested for distributing literature against the colonial rulers.
A huge crowd had gathered at the Muzaffarpur police station to get a glimpse of Bose, who was brought there in handcuffs. The trial began on May 21, 1908, during which Bose's lawyer said his client was too young to be able to make bombs. However, there was evidence against him. On July 13 that year, Bose was sentenced to death. When he was hanged, reports claim he went to the gallows with a smile and carried the Bhagavad Gita with him.
He had lost his mother when he was six years old. His father died a year after. Aparupa Roy, his elder sister, brought him to her house at Hatgachha village under the Dispur Police Station. Aparupa's husband, Amritalal Roy, got him admitted to Tamluk's Hamilton High School.
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