HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Prafulla Chaki. Khudiram Bose attempted the life of Judge Kingsford with help of Prafulla Chaki. Khudiram was hanged on August 11, 1908, on charges of bombing the carriage of Kingsford, in the attack of which barrister Pringle Kennedy’s wife and daughter were killed.
Detailed explanation-2: -The duo waited in front of the gate of European club for the carriage of Kingsford to come on the evening of April 30, 1908. When a vehicle carne out the gate, they threw bombs and blew up the carriage. Unfortunately, the vehicle was not carrying Kingsford and instead two innocent British ladies-Mrs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Douglas Kingsford, former Chief Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta was a colonial British judicial officer and was dealing with lots of cases against freedom fighters and revolutionaries in his court in Calcutta. His judgments on Indian nationalists were not based on merit but on hate and partiality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Revolutionary activities Before being transferred to Muzaffarpur, Kingsford was a magistrate in Bengal. His tortuous clamping down on revolutionaries had earned him the ire of this young group of nationalists who decided to hurl a bomb on him.