Vithaldas Valabhdas Chandan (Aged 21), was born on 1909, a resident of Wadala in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. He participated in the Civil Disobedience movement in Wadala as a 21-year-old Congress volunteer. On 19 May 1930, the police conducted a raid and lathi charge in the Wadala area to prevent Congress volunteers from attending a public meeting at Esplanade Maidan, Bombay.
During the police lathi charge, Vithaldas Valabhdas Chandan was injured while on his way to the meeting. He received first aid and medication at Sir Harkishandas Hospital and was allowed to leave. That same evening (19 May 1930), he boarded a train from Masjid station to attend the public meeting at Esplanade Maidan, but he became unconscious and fell from the moving train between Masjid and Victoria terminus, leading to his death on the spot.
Vithaldas Valabhdas Chandan
(1909 – 1930) – (Maharashtra)
Vithaldas Valabhdas Chandan (Aged 21), was born on 1909, a resident of Wadala in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. He participated in the Civil Disobedience movement in Wadala as a 21-year-old Congress volunteer. On 19 May 1930, the police conducted a raid and lathi charge in the Wadala area to prevent Congress volunteers from attending a public meeting at Esplanade Maidan, Bombay.
During the police lathi charge, Vithaldas Valabhdas Chandan was injured while on his way to the meeting. He received first aid and medication at Sir Harkishandas Hospital and was allowed to leave. That same evening (19 May 1930), he boarded a train from Masjid station to attend the public meeting at Esplanade Maidan, but he became unconscious and fell from the moving train between Masjid and Victoria terminus, leading to his death on the spot.
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