Basanta Kumar Biswas
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| Born | February 6, 1895 Poragachha, Nadia District, West Bengal, India |
| Died | May 11, 1915 Ambala Central Jail - Punjab, India |
| Organization | Jugantar |
| Political movement | Indian Independence movement |
Basanta Kumar Biswas (6 February 1895 – 1915) was a pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group who, in December 1912, is believed to have bombed the Viceroy's Parade in what came to be known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy. He was initiated into revolutionary movement by Jugantar leaders Amarendranath Chattopadhyaya and Rash Behari Bose.
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On 23 December 1912, Biswas, disguised as a woman, threw a bomb at Lord Charles Hardinge in Delhi.[1] He was arrested on 26 February 1914 in Poragachha, Nadia while he went to perform the last rites for his father. The trial, which came to be called the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy Case, began on 23 May 1914 in Delhi, and Basanta was found guilty on 5 October and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, the Government was eager to have the death penalty imposed so an appeal was formulated at Lahore High Court and the records held at Ambala Central Jail were tampered with to show that Biswas was two years older than he really was to impute legal responsibility for his offence. The Crown won its appeal and Biswas was sentenced to be hanged.
Basanta Kumar Biswas was hanged on 11 May 1915 at Ambala Central Jail in Punjab aged twenty and became one of the youngest people to be executed during the Indian revolutionary struggles during the 20th century.
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- Indian independence movement
- Indian National Army
- Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind
- Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
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