Batukeshwar Dutt

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Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter known for his role in the 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing alongside Bhagat Singh and his subsequent imprisonment by the British.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian freedom fighter
Indian revolutionary
political activist
associatedWith Bhagat Singh
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
causeOfArrest Central Legislative Assembly bombing
convictedOf terrorism-related charges under British rule
coParticipant Bhagat Singh
countryOfCitizenship India
detainedBy British authorities
employer Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
ethnicity Indian
familyName Dutt
fullName Batukeshwar Dutt
givenName Batukeshwar
hasOccupation political activist
revolutionary
ideology revolutionary socialism
knownFor courtroom defiance of British colonial rule
throwing bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly without intent to kill
languageSpoken Hindi
legacy remembered as a lesser-known associate of Bhagat Singh
symbol of sacrifice in the Indian freedom struggle
legalStatusDuringRaj political prisoner
memberOf Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
methodOfStruggle propaganda of the deed
revolutionary violence
movement Indian independence movement
notableWork 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing
opponent British Raj
opposedTo British colonial government in India
participantIn Central Legislative Assembly bombing
partOf revolutionary wing of Indian independence movement
placeOfDetention Cellular Jail
Lahore Jail
politicalGoal end of British colonial rule in India
religion Hinduism
strategyInAssemblyBombing to protest repressive laws without causing fatalities
subjectOf Indian independence documentaries
books on Indian revolutionary movement


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