Khudiram Bose (Aged 18) was born on 3rd December 1889 in the Midnapore District of West Bengal, India. He joined the revolutionary Anushilan Samiti at the age of 15. Along with Praful Chaki, he decided to kill a brutal British officer, Kingsford, and bombed his carriage in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on 1st May 1908. They tried to escape, but were followed by the police. Prafula Chaki was killed at Mokamaghat station, and Khudiram Bose was arrested and convicted to death.
He was hanged on 11th August 1908 at Muzaffarpur, at the age of 18, for his role in the ‘Muzzafarpur Conspiracy Case,’ making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence movement. Khudiram, along with Prafulla Chaki, attempted to assassinate a British Judge, Magistrate Douglas Kingsford, by throwing bombs on the carriage in which he was suspected to be traveling. However, he was seated in a different carriage, and the bombs resulted in the deaths of two British women. The West Bengal Postal Circle would like to pay homage to this brave martyr for his contribution to the freedom struggle.
Khudiram Bose
(1889 – 1908) – (West Bengal)
Khudiram Bose (Aged 18) was born on 3rd December 1889 in the Midnapore District of West Bengal, India. He joined the revolutionary Anushilan Samiti at the age of 15. Along with Praful Chaki, he decided to kill a brutal British officer, Kingsford, and bombed his carriage in Muzaffarpur, Bihar on 1st May 1908. They tried to escape, but were followed by the police. Prafula Chaki was killed at Mokamaghat station, and Khudiram Bose was arrested and convicted to death.
He was hanged on 11th August 1908 at Muzaffarpur, at the age of 18, for his role in the ‘Muzzafarpur Conspiracy Case,’ making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence movement. Khudiram, along with Prafulla Chaki, attempted to assassinate a British Judge, Magistrate Douglas Kingsford, by throwing bombs on the carriage in which he was suspected to be traveling. However, he was seated in a different carriage, and the bombs resulted in the deaths of two British women. The West Bengal Postal Circle would like to pay homage to this brave martyr for his contribution to the freedom struggle.
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