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In the early 20th century, India's freedom struggle entered ‘modern India’s first age of fire’, a phase where radical thinkers fuelled a #revolutionary movement against the #British in #India. 1/4
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Maharashtra and Bengal became powerhouses of revolutionary activities. As organizations like the Jugantar Party and Anushilan Samiti attracted the educated youth, revolutionaries like the Chapekar brothers and Khudiram Bose became martyrs and an inspiration for many. 2/4

But the Partition of Bengal along communal lines, in 1905, triggered a wave of violence . Violent activities under the aegis of revolutionary leaders like Aurobindo Ghosh and protests by extremist Congress leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak against the British intensified. 3/4

Extensive arrests and the deportation of leaders laid the ground for the next four decades, which witnessed landmark revolutionary movements that would eventually lead to India's freedom in 1947. 4/4