Kshudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose (also spelled Kshudiram/Khudiram Basu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian revolutionary from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. For his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case, along with Prafulla Chaki, he was sentenced to death and subsequently executed, making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement.

Quotes

• Mother bid me farewell once, I will be back soon.
  Whole of India will watch me while I wear the noose smiling….
  10 months and 10 days from now
  I shall be born to my maternal aunt O Mother
  If you don’t recognize me
  Look for the noose around my neck.
  ...This was the song 18 year old Khudiram sang when he was about to be hanged to death by the British. He was asking his mother (Mother India) to bid him goodbye. This song was composed in first person narrative in honor of Khudiram Bose by poet Pitambar Das.
  • Pitambar Das in Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.

• "Khudiram's execution took place at 6 a.m. this morning. He walked to the gallows firmly and cheerfully and even smiled when the cap was drawn over his head."
  • The Amrita Bazar Patrika in **Patel, Hitendra (2008), Khudiram Bose: Revolutionary Extraordinaire, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 978-812-301-539-2

• "Khudiram Bose was executed this morning...It is alleged that he mounted the scaffold with his body erect. He was cheerful and smiling."
  • The Empire, in **Patel, Hitendra (2008), Khudiram Bose: Revolutionary Extraordinaire, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 978-812-301-539-2

• "Neither the Jubilee murder of 1897, nor the reported tampering of the Sikh regiments had produced so much commotion, and the English public opinion seems inclined to regard birth of the bomb in India as the most extraordinary event since the mutiny at 1857.[19]"
  • The Kesari in**Patel, Hitendra (2008), Khudiram Bose: Revolutionary Extraordinaire, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 978-812-301-539-2