11/08/2016
Khudiram Bose was a freedom fighter, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the independence movement of Bharat. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 7 months 11 days old.It was this hero who threw the first bomb on the British who were crushing Bharat.
On the 26th of August 1907, when a case was going on, thousands of youths had gathered as usual before the court.They were silent, and created no trouble.However the Police started beating the young men with lathi. Sushilkumar Sen, a boy of fifteen, who was standing at a distance, could not bear the sight.He suddenly pounced on the Englishman and struck a powerful blow on the nose of the Englishman.Then policeman came up, arrested and took him to the court.The magistrate who conducted the trial was Kingsford, notorious for his cruelty. He mercilessly ordered a punishment of fifteen lashes.At every stroke, he cried 'Vande Mataram'!
The Vow of Revenge
Long before this the freedom fighter had thought of teaching a lesson to Kingsford, who was a monster in human form. The punishment, which he gave to Sushilkumar Sen, added to their fury. As long as Kings- ford lived, he was a menace to the patriots. Hence they decided to kill him.
In 1908, the revolutionaries made a plan to kill him.They selected Khurdiram and Profulla,another young boy. It was on the night of April 30, 1908 Khudiram and Profulla Chaki approached the European Club at Muzaffarpur, with a revolver and a bomb. They hid waiting for Kingsford to come out. They threw the bomb on the carriage. Without waiting to see what would happen next, Khudiram and Profulla fled in different directions.
Kingsford was not in the carriage but his wife and daughter were in it.A trial was carried out for two months on this Muzaffarpur bombing and other charges of bombing carried out by him. Khudiram was sentenced to death for the murder of women and children. The sentence was carried out, and he was hanged on August 11, 1908. Legend says that as he was hanged he was still smiling.