Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose Biography

Khudiram bose was one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement. He was from Bengal and was hanged by British Government when he was only 18 years old. He was the hero who hurled first bomb on the British.

 
Khudiram Bose was born on 3rd Dec 1889 in Habibpur to Laxmipriya Devi and Troilokyanath Bose. He lost his parents when he was only 6 and his elder sister Anurupadevi and his brother-in-law Amritalal looked after him later. He was later admitted to Hamilton school where he became interested in reading detective novels and playing flute. He was deeply inspired by the activists, Satyendranath and Gyanendranath Bose in those days. He was a great patriot also. So, he was against British supremacy in India, from a younger age.

 
When Sri Aurobindo (in 1902) and Sister Nivedita (in 1903) visited Medinipur and held a series of public lectures along with secret planning sessions with the revolutionary groups, young Khudiram also joined the group. He even dared to ask his teacher a revolver while he was only a student. At the young age of sixteen, Bose planted bombs near police stations and targeted government officials. Mrityunjay Chakraborty and Kishorimohan Bandopadhyay assisted this young boy in this operation. He was arrested, held in jail and was sentenced to death for the bomb blast that resulted in the deaths of 3 persons. The historical trial started on 21 May 1908. The Judge was Mr. Corndoff and two Indians, Nathuniprasad and Janakprasad, were appointed as jury.

Mrityunjay Chakraborty died during the trial. Mannuk and Binodbihari Majumdar became the prosecutors for the British government while eminent lawyers Kalidas Basu, Upendranath Sen and Kshetranath Bandopadhyay took up Khudiram's defense. But couldn’t win the case and an appeal was made to the Governor General to overrule a death sentence for Khudiram, but turned down. He was hanged on 11 August 1908 when he was only 18.

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Updated: October 15, 2013