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3 unusual facts about Revolutionary movement for Indian independence


Bengali nationalism

Seeking a united Bengal and rejecting British hegemony, Bengalis also spearheaded an emerging revolutionary movement, which assumed a central role in the national independence struggle.

Kshitish Mohan Lahiri

His son Rajendra Nath Lahiri was a Bengali revolutionary.

Tegart fort

Sir Charles Tegart designed the forts in 1938 based on his experiences in the Indian insurgency.


Delhi conspiracy case

Hatched by the Indian revolutionary underground in Bengal and Punjab and headed by Rashbehari Bose, the conspiracy culminated on the attempted assassination on 23 December 1912 when a homemade bomb was thrown into the Viceroys's Howdah when the ceremonial procession moved through the Chandni Chowk suburb of Delhi.


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