Question

Write a short note on the following: 

OR

Give a brief introduction of:

1. Vasudev Balwant Fadke :

2. Khudiram Bose :

3. Ramprasad Bismil:

4. Ashfaq Ullah Khan :

5. Madam Cama:

Answer 1

1. Vasudev Balwant Fadke :

Vasudev Balwant Fadke was the pioneer of revolutionary movements in India. He worked in Pune but he left his job because the unjust and partial approach of the British Government irritated him very much. He took a vow of not applying ‘tilak’ on his forehead and not cutting his hair until he had freed India from the clutches of the British. Vasudev Fadke formed a secret group of armed revolutionaries called ‘Ramoshi’ to fight against the British. He trained young men to attack British camps and rob the government treasury and use guns and other weapons. The British Government was desperate to arrest him at any cost.

2. Khudiram Bose :

Khudiram Bose was born on 3^rd December, 1889 in Habibpur village of Midnapur district in Bengal. He was raised by a teacher named Satyen Babu who inspired him to be a revolutionary. He used to dive in the Ganga River and topple boats carrying salt. In this way he used to break the unjust salt laws. On 30^th April, 1908, Khudiram Bose and Praful Chaki threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford’s horse carriage in an attempt to kill him. However, the judge survived the attack but his wife and Lawyer Kennedy’s daughter died in the attack. Khudiram Bose was arrested and hanged for this crime. Praful Chaki shot himself before the British could arrest him.

3. Ramprasad Bismil:

Ramprasad Bismil was born in Shahjahanpur in the United Province (Uttar Pradesh) in 1897 C.E. He was the kingpin in the Kakori Train Conspiracy in which the revolutionaries hatched a plan to rob a train carrying treasure. He was sentenced to death for this crime. ‘Bismil’ was his penname. He translated English and Bengali books. His poems inspired patriotic fervour among Indians.

4. Ashfaq Ullah Khan :

Ashfaq Ullah Khan and Ramprasad Bismil set an example of Hindu-Muslim unity. Ashfaq Ullah Khan was an expert horse rider and shooting. He prevented an attack on the Arya Samaj Temple in Shahjahahpur. He was involved in the Manipuri train Conspiracy as well as the Kakori Train Conspiracy. He too was hanged in prison on the same day as his bosom friend Ramprasad Bismil.

5. Madam Cama:

Madam Cama was born on 24^th September 1861, in Mumbai. She lived in London from 1902 to 1907. She was an associate of Shyamji Krushna Verma in 1905 in establishing the ‘Indian Home Rule Society. In 1907, Madam Cama was present at the 2^nd International Socialist Conference held at Stuttgart in Germany where she unfurled the Indian Tricolour with the slogan ‘Vande Mataram’.