Hemchandra Das Kanungo was an Indian nationalist and a member of the Anushilan Samiti.
10 Facts About Hemchandra Kanungo
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Hemchandra Kanungo's knowledge was disseminated throughout Indian nationalist organisations in the Raj and abroad.
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In 1908, Hemchandra Kanungo was one of the principal co-accused with Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipore Bomb Case.
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Hemchandra Kanungo was sentenced to transportation for life in the Andamans, but was released in 1921.
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Hemchandra Kanungo was probably the first revolutionary from India who went abroad to obtain military and political training.
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Hemchandra Kanungo obtained training from the Russian emigre in Paris.
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Hemchandra Kanungo was one of the creators of the Calcutta flag, based on which the first flag of independent India was raised by Bhikaiji Cama on 22 August 1907 at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Hemchandra Kanungo sold his house in Calcutta to arrange money for the trip.
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Hemchandra Kanungo returned from Europe with a trunk full of up-to-date technical literature, the most important item of which was a seventy-page manual on bomb-making, translated from the Russian.
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Hemchandra Kanungo had not intended to join forces with Barindra, but after a talk with Sri Aurobindo, agreed to cooperate.