[Indian Unrest by Valentine Chirol]@TWC D-Link bookIndian Unrest CHAPTER VII 24/36
Students and many others put on mourning for him and schools were closed for two or three days as a tribute to his memory.
His photographs had an immense sale, and by-and-by the young Bengalee bloods took to wearing _dhotis_ with Khudiram Bose's name woven into the border of the garment. Bomb explosions followed in quick succession in Calcutta itself, and a secret manufacture of explosives was discovered in a suburban garden. Norendranath Gosain, who had turned approver in this last case, was shot dead in Alipur Gaol, and a Hindu police-inspector in the streets of Calcutta.
Four attempts made upon the life of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir Andrew Fraser, showed how little effect leniency had upon the growing fierceness of the revolutionists.
Scarcely a month and often not a week passed without adding to the tale of outrages.
I need not recite them in detail.
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