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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed July 7, 2026

TL;DR

- Anushilan Samiti was an early-twentieth-century Bengali revolutionary secret society that organised armed resistance to British rule through physical training, indoctrination and political assassination.
- Who founded the Anushilan Samiti and when?
- What was the relationship between Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar?
- How did the Samiti's ideology connect to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?
- Why is Anushilan Samiti important for UPSC Modern History?

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Anushilan Samiti was an early-twentieth-century Bengali revolutionary secret society that organised armed resistance to British rule through physical training, indoctrination and political assassination.

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1. 30 April 1908

   The Muzaffarpur bombing of by Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki — intended for the magistrate Kingsford but killing Mrs and Miss Kennedy — led directly to th…

2. 18 April 1930

   Many members were later absorbed into the broader Hindustan Republican Association and its successor the HSRA, while the Chittagong branch under Surya Sen mo…

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In 1908, Anushilan-linked revolutionaries Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki bombed a carriage at Muzaffarpur targeting magistrate Kingsford, triggering the Alipore Bomb Case in which Aurobindo Ghosh was tried and acquitted.

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