08 May 2015, 05:30 am
At the Altar of National Freedom: The Lives of Two Stephanians Hanged by the British in 1915
Programme Type
Talks
Talk by Suhas Borker
Discussant: Prof Amar Farooqui, Professor of History, Delhi University
Chair: Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
In 1912 the British had shifted the Imperial Capital from Calcutta to Delhi. On 23 December 1912 as the inaugural procession of the Viceroy Lord Hardinge passed through Chandni Chowk a bomb was hurled at the viceragal howdah. Lord Hardinge was wounded and a howdah attendant was killed. The blast also killed a boy and wounded several onlookers in the crowd. Amir Chand and Avandh Bihari, who had both been students of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and were teachers at a Nationalist School in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk were arrested in February 1914 and charged with the conspiracy to kill Lord Hardinge in the Delhi Conspiracy Case. Both were hanged on 8 May 1915 at Delhi Central Jail (presently the Maulana Azad Medical College Campus)
To Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Amir Chand and Avadh Bihari: Two Freedom Fighters from Delhi
Discussant: Prof Amar Farooqui, Professor of History, Delhi University
Chair: Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
In 1912 the British had shifted the Imperial Capital from Calcutta to Delhi. On 23 December 1912 as the inaugural procession of the Viceroy Lord Hardinge passed through Chandni Chowk a bomb was hurled at the viceragal howdah. Lord Hardinge was wounded and a howdah attendant was killed. The blast also killed a boy and wounded several onlookers in the crowd. Amir Chand and Avandh Bihari, who had both been students of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and were teachers at a Nationalist School in Kinari Bazar, Chandni Chowk were arrested in February 1914 and charged with the conspiracy to kill Lord Hardinge in the Delhi Conspiracy Case. Both were hanged on 8 May 1915 at Delhi Central Jail (presently the Maulana Azad Medical College Campus)
To Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Amir Chand and Avadh Bihari: Two Freedom Fighters from Delhi
