Global InformationKunwar Pratap Singh Barhath information
Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath | |
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| Born | 24 May 1893 Udaipur, Mewar |
| Died | 24 May 1918 Bareilly Central Jail, British India |
| Other names | Kunwar Ji |
| Occupation | Revolutionary |
| Known for | Bombing on Lord Hardinge (Delhi Conspiracy Case) |
| Movement | Indian independence movement |
| Criminal penalty | 5 years Rigorous Imprisonment |
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| Relatives | Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath (uncle) |
Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath (24 May 1893 – 24 May 1918), also known as ‘Kunwar Ji’, was an Indian anti-British activist known for his role in the revolutionary plot to assassinate the Viceroy of India, Charles Hardinge, in 1912. He was a prominent member of the Revolutionary Party[clarification needed] led by Rash Behari Bose.
In December 1912, at the procession of the Viceroy in Delhi, Singh was with his uncle, Zorawar Singh Barhath, who threw the bomb at Hardinge. He led the Benaras Conspiracy, part of the larger Ghadar Movement, in the armed rebellion of 1915 against the British Raj. In 1916, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Banaras Conspiracy Case and sentenced to five years in jail. Subjected to brutal physical torture to weaken him, he refused to divulge the names of other co-conspirators and died on 24 May 1918.
Singh was part of the celebrated Barhath family of Shahpura State (now in Bhilwara district) whose members were prominent revolutionary leaders in the freedom struggle against the British Raj. Thakur Krishna Singh Barhath, his sons Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath and Thakur Zorawar Singh Barhath and grandson Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath (son of Thakur Kesari Singh) took part in the freedom struggle and devoted their lives and belongings for the cause of Indian independence.