Question

During the freedom struggle of the Hyderabad State, who from the following made an attempt to assassinate the Nizam by throwing a bomb at him on 4^th December 1947 ?
1. Devisingh Chouhan
2. Digambar Kulkarni
3. Vinayak Vidyalankar
4. Narayan Pawar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Narayan Pawar

The correct answer is Narayan Pawar.

• Narayan Rao Pawar along with two others (Jagadish Arya and Gandaiah Arya), threw a bomb at the Last Nizam on 4 December 1947 near his KingKothi Palace.
• The sessions court awarded him the death sentence and life sentence to Jagdish Arya. Hence option 4 is correct.

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• After the Police action on 17 September 1948 his death sentence is made to a life sentence.
• Swami Ramananda Teertha acting as mediator asked Narayay Pawar to write Maafinama to Governor. But Pawar was adamant, refused to do so.
• Finally, after serving 21-month jail time, he was released on 10 Aug 1949.