- Prafulla Chaki
Prafulla Chaki ( _bn. প্রফুল্ল চাকী "Profullo Chaki") (1888-1908) was a Bengali &
India nfreedom fighter and revolutionary associated with theJugantar group of revolutionaries.Early life
Prafulla Chaki was born on
December 10 ,1888 in the Bihari village of Bogra district, now inBangladesh . He was expelled fromRangpur Zilla School when studying in Class 9 for taking part in a students' demonstration that violated the Carlisle Circular of the government of East Bengal and Assam. Then he joined Rangpur National School where he came in contact with revolutionaries likeJitendranarayan Roy ,Abinash Chakravarti , Ishan Chandra Chakravarti and became a believer and practitioner of the revolutionary philosophies.Revolutionary activities
Barin Ghosh brought Prafulla toKolkata and he was enlisted inJugantar party. His first assignment was to kill SirJoseph Bampfylde Fuller (1854-1935), the first Lieutenant Governor of the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam. However, the plan did not materialize.Next, Prafulla, along with
Khudiram Bose was chosen for the murdering of Kingsford, the Calcutta Presidency Magistrate, and later ,magistrate ofMuzaffarpur ,Bihar .The Muzaffarpur killing
Khudiram and Prafulla watched the usual movements of Kingsford and prepared a plan to kill him. In the evening of
April 30 ,1908 , the duo waited in front of the gate of European Club for the carriage of Kingsford to come. When a vehicle came out of the gate, they threw bombs and blew up the carriage. Unfortunately, the vehicle was not carrying Kingsford, rather two innocent British ladies - Mrs. and Miss Kennedy were killed. The revolutionists fled.The manhunt and suicide
Prafulla and Khudiram decided for separate routes for escape. Prafulla took disguise and boarded train to
Kolkata . Nandalal Banerjee, a Sub-Inspector of Police, suspected Prafulla at theSamastipur Railway station. A commotion and a short chase ensued. Prafulla was soon cornered when he took his own life by shooting at the head.Khudiram was later arrested and was hanged to death.
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