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Shankar Mahale

Young Indian activist (1925-1943) · Activists · Died at 18

Shankar Mahale was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra who opposed the British Raj. He was arrested along with four other people in the case of the death of a policeman and was later sentenced to death, making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement.

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He was educated up to the fourth standard when he quit school. He joined Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement in 1942 and held a job as a mill worker in Nagpur while participating in the movement. Mahale was 18 years and 1 day old at the time of his hanging.

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Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 1943 · aged 18