INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 22 June 1897, brothers Damodar Hari Chapekar and Balkrishna Hari Chapekar assassinated British official W. C. Rand and his military escort Lieutenant Ayerst at Pune, Maharashtra. This was the first case of militant nationalism in India after the 1857 Revolt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Walter Charles Rand (12 May 1863 – 3 July 1897) was an Indian Civil Service officer in British India. An epidemic of bubonic plague spread in Pune in 1896. On 19 February 1897, Rand was appointed as plague commissioner of the city.

Detailed explanation-3: -During Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Coronation, the brothers Damodar and Balkrishna Hari Chapekar assassinated two British officials, W C Rand and Lieutenant Ayerst (his military escort), on the Ganesh Khind Road (present-day Senapati Bapat Road) in Pune, Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-4: -Damodar Hari Chapekar (eldest of the Chapekar brothers) was hanged by the British on Apr 18, 1898, for the assassination of Commissioner Rand in #Pune (on 22 June 1897). The other two #ChapekarBrothers Balkrishna Hari Chapekar and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar were hanged in 1899.

Detailed explanation-5: -Option 1 is correct, i.e. Chapekar Brothers. Vyayam Mandala was founded by Chapekar Brothers. It was founded in Poona in the year 1896-97.