| Name(s) |
VASUDEO BALWANT
PHADKE |
| Date of
Birth |
November 04, 1845
– Raigad, Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
February 17, 1883 |
|
Identity |
Indian
Revolutionary |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He is widely regarded as the father of the armed
struggle for India's independence.
- He was moved by the plight of the farmer community
during British Raj.
- He believed that ‘Swaraj’ was the only remedy for their
ills.
- He formed a revolutionary group called as Ramoshi,
which started an armed struggle to overthrow the British Raj
and launched raids on rich English businessmen to finance
their liberation struggle.
- He came into limelight when he got control of the city
of Pune for a few days when he caught the British soldiers
off guard during one of his surprise attacks.
- He along with two other social reformers formed the
Poona Native Institution, which later came to be known as
Maharashtra Education Society, which now manages a number of
schools and colleges.
- He was ultimately captured in a temple after a fierce
fight.
- After his trial, he was sent to jail, but he escaped
from the prison by breaking the door off its hinges.
However, he was soon recaptured.
- Then Phadke went on an indefinite hunger strike and as a
result he breathed his last on the february 17, 1883.
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's patriotic novel Anand
Math incorporated various contemporary acts of patriotism
performed by Vasudeo during his freedom struggle.
- In 1984, the Indian Postal Service issued a 50 paise
stamp in his honour.
- A chowk in South Mumbai near Metro Cinema is named in
his honour.
- Vasudev Balawant Phadke, a Marathi movie directed by
Gajendra Ahire, was released in December 2007.
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