THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Vision

"Looking up gives light, although at first it makes you dizzy."

- Mevlana Rumi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Rash Behari Bose

He was involved in revolutionary activities early in his life and was implicated in the Alipore bomb case (1908). After being released from jail, he went to Dehradun and worked there as a head clerk at the Forest Research Institute. At Dehradun, he secretly got involved with the revolutionaries of Bengal, the United Provinces(currently U.P.) and the Punjab. His involvement in many revolutionary activities aroused the suspicion of the government and ultimately he was obliged to leave the country. He was hunted by the colonial police due to his active participation in the failed bomb throwing attempt directed at the Governor General and Viceroy Lord Charles Hardinge in Delhi (the bomb was actually thrown by Basanta Kumar Biswas, his disciple). He returned to Dehradun by the night train and joined the office the next day as though nothing had happened. Further, he organised a meeting of loyal citizens of Dehradun to condemn the dastardly attack on the Viceroy. Who on earth could imagine that he was the same person who had masterminded and executed the most outstanding revolutionary action. Lord Hardinge in his My Indian Years had described the whole incident in an interesting way. He had also planned a unsuccessful pan India revolution in February 1915. Trusted and tried Ghadrites were sent to some cantonments to infiltrate into the army. The idea was since the war had already started in Europe most of the soldiers had gone out of the country and rest could be easily won over. The revolution failed and most of the revolutionaries were arrested. But he managed to escape British intelligence and reached Japan in 1915.

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