Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦Khudiram Bose
Anti-colonial revolutionary associated with Jugantar
A teenage revolutionary whose execution became a lasting symbol of militant anti-colonial resistance in Bengal.
Biography
Context
In the context of After the 1905 Partition of Bengal, underground networks such as Jugantar pushed parts of anti-colonial politics toward clandestine action and bomb attacks against colonial officials., Khudiram Bose is recognized as Anti-colonial revolutionary associated with Jugantar. A teenage revolutionary whose execution became a lasting symbol of militant anti-colonial resistance in Bengal.
Contribution
He joined Bengal's revolutionary underground during the Swadeshi era and took part in the 1908 Muzaffarpur attack aimed at Magistrate Douglas Kingsford.
Impact
His execution at age eighteen made him one of the earliest martyr figures of revolutionary nationalism in Bengal.
Timeline Placement
Khudiram Bose appears in 1 linked timeline events, spanning 1905.
First Appearance
1905
Latest Appearance
1905
Active Span
1905
Linked Events
1
Legacy Summary
His execution at age eighteen made him one of the earliest martyr figures of revolutionary nationalism in Bengal. This influence is reflected across 1 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
A Case Study of Swadeshi Bengal
A classic study for the local dynamics of the Swadeshi upsurge and the way nationalist thought crystallized in Bengal.
Cited in: 1 events
A History of Bangladesh
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Cited in: 1 events
Amar Dekha Rajnitir Panchash Bochor
Abul Mansur Ahmad's political memoir spans anti-British politics, the Pakistan period, and the emergence of Bangladesh.
Cited in: 1 events
And Swadeshi Movement in Bengal (1905)
Useful for trade, industry, agriculture, boycott politics, and the economic reach of the Swadeshi upsurge.
Cited in: 1 events
Begum Rokeya
Banglapedia profile for Begum Rokeya; her reformist writings and feminist imagination are central to Bengali Muslim modernity.
Cited in: 1 events
Bengali Muslim Literati and the Development of Muslim Community in Bengal
A research monograph on Bengali Muslim intellectual growth and community formation under colonial rule.
Cited in: 1 events
Related
Related Figures
Abul Kalam Azad
Muslim scholar-politician of anti-colonial India
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Novelist and formative voice of modern Bengali prose
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer of women’s education and reform in Bengal
C. R. Das
Nationalist Leader
Dinesh Chandra Sen
Scholar of Bengali literature
Indian National Congress
Political Party in British India