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    PRAFULLA CHAKI (1888 – 1908)

     Prafulla Chaki was a young revolutionary, who played a crucial


    role in organizing activities, who opposed British rule in India.

     He worked as a member of Jugantar (an anti-British group) and


    inspired many young Bengali’s to join the struggle for Indian
    freedom.
    HISTORY OF PRAFULLA CHAKI
     Prafulla Chaki was born on December 10, 1888 in the district
    of Bogra in a middle class family. His father was Rajnarayan,
    who worked for Bogra Nawab.
     His mother was Swarnamoyee. While still in his childhood,
    Prafulla lost his father and was raised by his mother.
     As a child, he was interested in revolutionary activities. He was
    an active member of Bandhab Samiti, which organized cultural
    activities. At school, he participated in a protest against
    Carlisle Circular.
     As a result, he was expelled from there. Soon he joined
    another school called Rangpur National School. In this school,
    he became friends with young people like Jitendranarayan Roy
    and Ishan Chandra Chakravarti.
     These activists opposed the British government and
    wanted to overthrow it. During his schooling at this
    school, he met Barindra Kumar Ghosh, who was an
    active anti-British revolutionary and one of the founding
    fathers of the group called Jugantar.

     Birendra was impressed by the young man’s enthusiasm


    for working as a revolutionary and took him to Calcutta.
    ACTIVITIES AS REVOLUTIONARY
     His promising personality soon earned him the first job as a
    member of the Jugantar group. He had to kill Sir Fuller.
    According to the information, Fuller was traveling to
    Darjeeling. Birendra developed a plan for the murder to be
    carried out during Fuller’s stay in Darjeeling.
     However, Fuller changed his plan and the plan to kill him did
    not happen. The next task was scheduled for 1908, which
    involved the murder of the Muzzaffarpur magistrate named
    Kingsford.
     It was infamous for issuing harsh judgments against freedom
    fighters. On April 30, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki took a
    position to bomb the car carrying Kingsford.
     However, due to the wrong information, they bombed
    another car that was carrying two English girls. Right
    after the bombing, Prafulla Chaki escaped quickly and
    went to the Samastipur station.

     There, he changed his appearance and, with the help of


    a railway worker, organized a train ticket. Unfortunately,
    at the station, a police officer recognized him and was
    prosecuted.
    DEATH OF PRAFULLA CHAKI
     Prafulla Chaki decided to commit suicide on May 1, 1908,
    when he was about to be captured by police at the
    station. He shot himself in the head and died instantly
    because he was arrested under British rule.
     After his death, the police could not establish his identity
    with certainty, as he was popularly known as Dinesh Ray.
     Therefore, his head was cut and sent to Calcutta so that it
    could be identified. Khudiram, who had already been
    taken by the police, confirmed the identity of the great
    martyr.
     Chaki’s death was greeted with the tears and anger of the
    Bengal revolutionaries. They became even more
    determined to liberate India from British rule.

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