27 Facts About Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose was an Indian nationalist from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India.

Khudiram Bose was one of the first Indian revolutionaries in Bengal to be executed by the British.

At the time of his hanging, Khudiram Bose was 18 years, 8 months, and 8 days, 10 hours old making him the second youngest revolutionary in India to be hanged.

Khudiram Bose hailed from a Bengali Kayastha family of Medinipur in Bengal Presidency.

Khudiram Bose was the fourth child in a family of three daughters.

Khudiram Bose lost his mother when he was Five years old.

Khudiram Bose, a teenager, was an active participant in the discussions about the revolution.

Khudiram Bose became a volunteer at the age of 15, and was arrested in Midnapore for distributing pamphlets against the British rule in India, but he was completely acquitted of the charges due to the effective pleading by Barrister Birendranath Sasmal.

At the young age of 16, Khudiram Bose took part in planting bombs near the police stations and targeted government officials.

Khudiram Bose started struggling with the two men, and immediately, one of the two hidden revolvers fell out.

The much younger and lightly built Khudiram Bose had no more chance of defence or escape.

Khudiram Bose was aware of the bomb blast and realized that Prafulla was the other revolutionary.

Khudiram Bose arranged for Prafulla to return to Kolkata the same night.

Khudiram Bose boarded a train from Samastipur for Mokamaghat, and continue his onward journey with a train to Howrah.

Khudiram Bose struck a conversation and realized Prafulla to be the other revolutionary.

Khudiram Bose was taken to the house of the district magistrate, Mr Woodman.

Khudiram Bose came out of a first-class compartment and walked all the way to the phaeton, kept for him outside, like a cheerful boy who knows no anxiety.

Khudiram Bose had to give a statement or declaration to the magistrate.

Khudiram Bose took full responsibility for the assassination, unknown that Prafulla was dead.

Only after Khudiram Bose finished giving his statement, the body of Prafulla reached Muzaffarpur.

Khudiram Bose identified the body of Prafulla and the British received details from the encounter with sub-inspector Bannerjee.

Khudiram Bose challenged the verdict of the session court by saying that the judging was not according to law and was flawed.

Khudiram Bose reasoned that according to article 164 of the penal code, the accused is required to submit his statement in front of a first class magistrate, which Mr Woodman was not, and moreover, during the first statement Khudiram was not told anything of the person's identity and position.

Lastly, since such a statement is by definition required to be totally voluntary, with the magistrate being sure that it was so, there was no proof that Khudiram Bose was allowed to give a voluntary statement without any direct or indirect manipulation after his capture.

Upendranath Sen, the lawyer-journalist of the Bengali news daily "Bengalee", who was close to Khudiram Bose, reports having reached the venue by 5 AM, in a car with all the necessary funerary arrangements and clothes.

Under the headline "Khudiram Bose's End: Died cheerful and smiling" the newspaper wrote:.

Khudiram Bose walked to the gallows firmly and cheerfully and even smiled when the cap was drawn over his head.