There are thousands of freedom fighters we know who sacrifices their life for Indian freedom but there are lakhs of unsung heroes who lost their lives or put their all in the freedom of India and unity of India but very few of us know about them. But due to this, their participation is not forgettable.
Bose’s tale of valor is one that simultaneously invokes pride as well as pity for perhaps the same reason. He was 18 years old when he was sentenced to death for his role in the country’s freedom struggle.
In 1908, Bose was appointed to kill Muzaffarpur district magistrate Kingsford, the Chief Magistrate of Calcutta Presidency. Kingston had become unpopular for passing harsh and cruel sentences on young political activists. He was also notorious for inflicting corporal punishment on them. Thus, when he was transferred to Muzaffarpur, Bose was sent there to kill him.
On April 20, 1908, Bose threw a bomb at a carriage, believed to be carrying Kingsford, outside the European club. But the carriage was occupied by the wife and daughter of barrister Pringle Kennedy, a leading pleader at the Muzaffarpur Bar. An extra police force was deployed to find the perpetrator. Bose, in the meantime, had walked 25 miles and reached Vaini railway station. He was arrested by two officers there and hanged to death on August 11, 1908.