27 nov 1897 año - Chapekar
Brothers
Descripción:
- When the Bubonic plague struck the district of Pune (Maharashtra) in 1896, the British government formed a Special Plague Committee, chaired by Walter Charles Rand
- To end the Rand committee's intimidation, the Chapekar brothers and other revolutionary members of the ‘Chapekar Club’ decided to take action against W C Rand
- All three Chapekar brothers were found guilty and hanged, and an accomplice, Mahadev Ranade, a schoolboy at the time, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment
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27 nov 1897 año
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