Rajendra Nath Lahiri (29 June 1901 — 17 December 1927), known simply as Rajendra Lahiri, was an Indian

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, who was a mastermind behind the Kakori conspiracy and Dakshineshwar bombing. He was an active member of the Hindustan Republican Association, aimed at ousting the

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from India.

Early life

Rajendra Lahiri was born on 29 June 1901 in the village of Lahiri Mohanpur in a Bengali Brahmin family of

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(now in Lahiri Mohanpur, ullapara, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh). His father, Kshitish Mohan Lahiri, owned a large estate there.

Dakshineswar bomb incident

Lahiri took part in the

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bombing incident and absconded. He went to

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and started studying. He was a M.A. student in Department of History,

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when the revolutionary activities started in United Provinces (now

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). He joined the Hindustan Republican Association along with some of his Bengali friends.

Kakori conspiracy

He was the mastermind behind the Kakori train robbery on 9 August 1925. He was arrested and tried in the previous bomb case of Dakshineswar in Bengal and sent to jail for ten years rigorous imprisonment. When the legal proceedings started in

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for the train robbery, he was also included in the Kakori conspiracy case and tried with several other revolutionaries.

Death

He was found guilty after a long trial and was hanged in the Gonda district jail on 17 December 1927, two days before the scheduled date, along with Thakur Roshan Singh, Ashfaq Ullah and Ram Prasad Bismil.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lahiri, Rajendra 1901 births 1927 deaths Executed Indian revolutionaries 20th-century executions by British India People from Pabna District 20th-century Bengalis People executed by British India by hanging Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Banaras Hindu University alumni