Vasudev balwant phadke biography of martin

Vasudev Balwant Phadke, one of India's first revolutionaries in the independence movement, passed away on February 17, 1883.

His rebellion arguably had indirectly affected the plot of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Anandamath (1882).

Here are some interesting facts about the father of Indian armed struggle, who breathed his last, aged 38:

• Vasudev Balwant Phadke was born on November 4, 1845 in the Shirdhon village of Panvel Taluka, based in Raigad district in Maharashtra

• As a child, he preferred learning skills like wrestling.

  Eventually, he moved to Pune and took a job as a clerk with the military accounts department in Pune for 15 years

• During the British Raj, Phadke was moved by the plight of the farmer community. He believed that Swaraj was the only remedy for their ills

• He was the first Indian to tour for political propaganda

• In 1875, he formed a