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Khudiram Bose Biography: Early Life, Jugantar, Muzaffarpur Bombing, Trial and Execution at 18
Khudiram Bose biography: born 3 December 1889 in Midnapore, the Bengal revolutionary was hanged on 11 August 1908 aged eighteen, one of…
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Cornelia Sorabji Biography: Early Life, Oxford, India’s First Woman Lawyer, Purdahnashins and Books
Cornelia Sorabji biography: born 15 November 1866 in Nashik, she was the first woman to study law at Oxford and the first…
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Matangini Hazra Biography: Early Life, Gandhi Buri, Quit India Movement and Martyrdom at Tamluk
Matangini Hazra biography: the peasant widow known as Gandhi Buri was shot dead at 72 while leading a Quit India procession at…
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Bhikaiji Cama Biography: Early Life, Exile in Europe, the 1907 Flag at Stuttgart and Legacy
Bhikaiji Cama biography: born 24 September 1861 in Bombay, Madam Cama raised a flag of Indian independence at Stuttgart in 1907 and…
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Shyamji Krishna Varma Biography: Early Life, Oxford, India House, The Indian Sociologist and Legacy
Shyamji Krishna Varma biography: born 4 October 1857 in Mandvi, Kutch, the Sanskrit scholar founded India House in London, the nursery of…
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Batukeshwar Dutt Biography: Early Life, Assembly Bomb Case, Cellular Jail and Later Years
Batukeshwar Dutt biography: born 18 November 1910, he threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly with Bhagat Singh in 1929, survived the…
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Kalpana Datta Biography: Early Life, Chittagong Armoury Raid, Prison, Later Life and Memoir
Kalpana Datta biography: born 27 July 1913 in Chittagong, she joined Surya Sen's revolutionaries as a teenager, was sentenced to transportation for…
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Ram Prasad Bismil Biography: Early Life, Poetry, Hindustan Republican Association, Kakori and Martyrdom
Ram Prasad Bismil biography: born 11 June 1897 in Shahjahanpur, the poet founded the Hindustan Republican Association, led the Kakori train action…
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Udham Singh Biography: Early Life, Jallianwala Bagh, Caxton Hall Shooting, Trial and Legacy
Udham Singh biography: born 26 December 1899 in Sunam, Punjab, he shot Michael O'Dwyer in London in 1940 to avenge the Jallianwala…
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Ashfaqulla Khan Biography: Early Life, Poetry, Kakori Train Action, Trial and Martyrdom
Ashfaqulla Khan biography: born 22 October 1900 in Shahjahanpur, the poet and revolutionary took part in the Kakori train action and was…
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Rash Behari Bose Biography: Early Life, Hardinge Bomb Case, Japan, Indian National Army and Legacy
Rash Behari Bose biography: born 25 May 1886 in Bengal, the revolutionary fled to Japan in 1915, founded the Indian Independence League…
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Bagha Jatin Biography: Early Life, Jugantar, Indo-German Plot, Battle of Balasore and Legacy
Bagha Jatin biography: born 7 December 1879 in Bengal, Jatindranath Mukherjee led the Jugantar revolutionaries and died after a gun battle with…