A conspiracy was hatched there to kill Douglas Kingsford, notorious for his cruel ways of dealing with the Swadeshi agitators.
Two young revolutionaries’ were entrusted with the task of carrying out the killing.
Khudiram Bose 18-year-old
Prafulla Chaki 19-year-old
On 30 April 1908, they mistakenly threw a bomb on a carriage that, instead of killing Kingsford, killed two English women.
Prafulla Chaki committed suicide and Khudiram Bose was arrested and hanged for the murder.
Aurobindo Ghose, along with his brother Barinder Kumar Ghose and thirty-five other comrades, were arrested.
Chittaranjan Das took up the case and it came to be known as the Alipore Bomb case.
Aurobindo Ghose was acquitted of all the charges and released.
Barindra Ghose and Ullaskar Dutt were given the death penalty (later commuted to the transportation of life), with the rest being condemned to transportation for life.
After his acquittal, Aurobindo Ghose took to a spiritual path and shifted his base to Pondicherry, where he stayed until his death in 1950.
Delhi Lahore Conspiracy Case (1912)
The Delhi Conspiracy Case is also known as the Hardinge Bomb Investigation and the Delhi Lahore Conspiracy Case.
It was an assault on Viceroy Lord Hardinge’s life and was injured during the assault.
Rash Behari Bose served as the leader of the revolt.
In the sentencing of this conspiracy Besant Kumar Biswas, Amir Chand and Avadh Behari were found guilty and put to death.
