nov 27, 1897 - Chapekar Brothers

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- 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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