Who among the following was involved in bombing the Central Legislative Assembly and was sentenced to life in prison?
(a) C.R.Das
(b) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(c) Virendranath chattopadhyay
(d) Batukeshwar Dutta

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Who among the following was involved in bombing the Central Legislative Assembly and was sentenced to life in prison?
(a) C.R.Das
(b) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(c) Virendranath chattopadhyay
(d) Batukeshwar Dutta

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Batukeshwar Dutta, a young freedom fighter, was moved from one prison to another. In the year 1924, Batukeshwar met Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad (both members of the revolutionary Hindustan Republican Association [HRA]) and was motivated to join HRA. Both, Batukeshwar Dutta and Bhagat Singh hurled smoke bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8th April 1929 in protest against two bills &ndash; the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Dispute Bill.He was sentenced to life in prison in 1929 for his role in the Central Assembly Bomb Case and was imprisoned in the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Who among the following was involved in bombing the Central Legislative Assembly and was sentenced to life in prison? (a) C.R.Das (b) Vasudev Balwant Phadke (c) Virendranath chattopadhyay (d) Batukeshwar Dutta