Question

Who threw a bomb on Viceroy Lord Hardinge?
A. Khudiram Bose
B. Aurobindo Ghosh
C. Sachindranath Sanyal
D. Rash Behari Bose

Answer 1

Hint: On 23rd December 1912, a bomb was thrown at the Viceroy in a procession at Chandni Chowk, happening to mark the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. The culprit evaded arrest for three years, went on to be involved in the Ghadar conspiracy and eventually fled to Japan.

Complete answer: Option A. He was one of the youngest martyrs in the Independence movement when he was sentenced to death at the age of 18, for being involved in the Muzaffarpur conspiracy along with Prafulla Chaki (who committed suicide before his trial), which was an attempted assassination of a British judge, Magistrate Douglas Kingsford went wrong, when they threw bombs on the wrong carriage, causing the demise of two British women. Because of the similarity in actions, people get confused between options A and D, however, this is an incorrect option.
Option B. He was a Bengali philosopher who lent his vision of spiritual evolution to the Independence movement. His practices are widely followed in Auroville, a small hamlet near Puducherry, where he first established his ashram along with Mirra Alfassa. This is an incorrect option.
Option C. He was the mentor of revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekar Azad and set up Hindustan Republic Association to carry out armed attacks against the British. He was considered India’s senior-most revolutionary leader after Subash Chandra Bose escaped to Japan.
option D. The answer is Rash Behari Bose (1886-1945). He also helped the Indian National Army. Under the conspiracy, he had sent several accomplished men in hiding within the ranks of the British military.
therefore, option C is correct.

Note: Charles Hardinge (1st Baron of Penshurst) was the Governor-General and Viceroy of India from the year 1910 to 1916. His grandfather served the former position from the year 1844 to 1848.