Question

______ was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of the Indian freedom struggle.
A) Khudiram Bose
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Ram Prasad Bismil
D) Chandra Shekhar Azad

Answer 1

Hint: He was born on 3rd December in 1889 in Mohobani village, in Medinipur district of Bengal. At the age of 15, he was arrested because he used to distribute pamphlets against the British.

Complete answer:
Let us analzye the given options:
Option (A) Khudiram Bose – He was only 18 years old when he was hanged to death by the British government. It was his punishment for assassinating the wife and daughter of Pringle Kennedy, who was a British barrister. He was hanged on 11th August 1908. He was the first and the youngest Indian to be martyred during India’s struggle for freedom. Thus, this option is correct.

Option (B) Bhagat Singh – He was born in 1907, and is known for his dramatic acts of violence against the British government. First, he assassinated a British police officer, John Saunders and later he set off two bombs inside the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi. He was then arrested and executed by hanging in March 1931. Therefore, this option is incorrect.

Option (C) Ram Prasad Bismil – He was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Mainpuri and Kakori conspiracies of 1918 and 1925 respectively and was one of the founding members of the Hindustan Republican Association. He was executed for his revolutionary activities on 19th December 1927. Thus, this option is incorrect.

Option (D) Chandra Shekhar Azad – He was an Indian revolutionary who is known for reorganizing the Hindustan Republican Association into the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He had taken a pledge to always be free and never get arrested or be a slave. Hence, when he was surrounded from all sides by British cops, he shot himself behind a tree in his park. Therefore, this option is also wrong.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (A) Khudiram Bose was the first martyr to be hanged in the history of the Indian freedom struggle.

Note: Khudiram Bose lost both his parents when he was just seven years old. He was the youngest brother and had three elder sisters. At the age of twelve, he started giving lectures and private sessions with the already existing revolutionary groups that were fighting for India’s freedom. And at the age of sixteen, he even planted bombs at police stations to target government officials.