Savarkar's staunch supporter & associate Pandurang Mahadev Bapat, popularly known as Senapati Bapat was sent to Paris inorder to learn bomb making..(1/n)
He succeeded in getting those Bomb manuals and sent them to Hemchandra Das, Abbas Mirza (who was a friend of Savarkar) and Savarkar himself. (2/n)
Archive evidence showing connection between Bapat, Hemchandra Das, Abbas Mirza and Ghosh brothers (Aurobindo & Barinder Kumar Ghosh)
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Source : Note on anti British activity in baroda
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Hemchandra returned to Calcutta to his comrades Barin Ghose and Aurobindo Ghose, and began utilizing the manual for manufacturing bombs across Bengal. Their activity led to the famous Alipore Bomb Case, or the 'Maniktala Bomb Conspiracy'.
(4/n)
It was masterminded by Aurobindo Ghose, his brother Barin Ghose and many young revolutionaries of the secret society Anushilan Samiti. (5/n)
A 19-year-old Bengali member of the society, Khudiram threw a bomb into a carriage carrying two Englishwomen, mistaking it to be that of Calcutta magistrate Douglas Kingsford. Khudiram was later hanged. (6/n)
The copy of bomb manual brought by Mr. Bapat and draft of violent esaay praising various Bengal revolutionaries was found in Babarao's(Savarkar 's elder brother) house in a search conducted by British in 1909.
(7/n)
Source 1
abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/1…
2
indianculture.gov.in/archives/refus…
And there is no direct evidence of Khudiram Bose being inspired by Savarkar as in the case of Bhagat Singh, whose literature works proves the fact. Revolutionary activities are connected, and the question is whether you can give the 'inspiration' angle to it ?? (8/8)
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