Khudiram Bose

It was this hero who threw the first bomb on the British who were crushing India. Even while at school, he was attracted towards the sacred words 'Vande Mataram!' (I bow to Mother India!) and plunged into the war of independence. The boy of sixteen defied the police. At the age of nineteen, he became a martyr, with the holy book the Bhagavadgita (the Divine Song) in his hand and with the slogan 'Vande Mataram' on his lips.