On whom was an attempt to murder made at Muzaffarpur in 1908?
- AWilliam Curzon Wyllie
- BMr. Jackson
- CMr. Kingsford
- DLord Hardinge
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Correct answer: (c) Mr. Kingsford
Explanation
On 30 April 1908, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki threw a bomb at a carriage in Muzaffarpur (Bihar), meaning to kill Douglas Kingsford, a judge hated for his harsh sentences on nationalists in Calcutta. The carriage carried two English women, Mrs. and Miss Kennedy, who were killed. Prafulla Chaki shot himself when cornered, and Khudiram Bose was hanged on 11 August 1908, at the age of 18.
- William Curzon Wyllie was shot in London by Madan Lal Dhingra (1909).
- A. M. T. Jackson, Collector of Nashik, was shot by Anant Kanhere (1909).
- A bomb was thrown at Lord Hardinge in Delhi in 1912.