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aug 9, 1908 - Alipore Conspiracy Case

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- "Emperor vs Aurobindo Ghosh and others" unfolded, colloquially referred to as the Alipore bomb case, the Muraripukur conspiracy, or the Manicktolla bomb conspiracy
- The case emerged in after of an assassination attempt on Presidency Magistrate Douglas Kingsford in Muzaffarpur by Bengali nationalists Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki in April 1908

- The Bengal police recognized this incident as part of a larger pattern of attacks against the British Raj, including prior attempts to sabotage the train carrying Lieutenant-Governor Sir Andrew Fraser in December 1907

- Tragically, Narendranath Goswami, an accomplice-turned-witness for the prosecution, was shot and killed by two co-accused, Kanailal Dutta and Satyendranath Bose

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Date:

aug 9, 1908
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~ 115 years ago