European Resistance Organized Indian Freedom Struggle

Chapekar brothers

"Indian revolutionaries who assassinated a British official in Pune (1897)"

Region 📍 Maharashtra
Opponent ⚔️ British Empire
Chapekar brothers

Biography

The Chapekar Brothers, Damodar Hari Chapekar, Balkrishna Hari Chapekar and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar, also spelt Wasudeva or Wasudev, were Indian revolutionaries involved in assassinating W. C. Rand, the British Plague Commissioner of Poona, after the public of Poona were frustrated with the actions of officers and soldiers appointed by him. Mahadev Vinayak Ranade was also an accomplice in the assassination.

Notable Conflict

Assassination of Rand

Year: 1897

Era of Resistance

Historical Context

Organized Indian Freedom Struggle

Timeline

1885–1947

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