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'''Baikuntha Shukla''' (15 May 1907 – 14 May 1934) was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary. He was the nephew of [[Yogendra Shukla]], one of the founders of [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] (HSRA). He was hanged for murdering Phanindra Nath Ghosh who had become a government approver which led to hanging of [[Bhagat Singh]], [[Sukhdev]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]].

==Early life==
Shukla was born on 15 May 1907 (The same day as that of another revolutionary-[[Sukhdev]]) in the village of [[List of villages in Lalganj block|Jalalpur]] in [[Muzaffarpur district]] of [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in [[Vaishali district]] of [[Bihar]]).<ref name="Struggle for Freedom: Some Great Indian Revolutionaries" >{{cite book| first = N. M. P.| last = Srivastava| title = Struggle for Freedom: Some Great Indian Revolutionaries| publisher = K.P.Jayaswal Research Institute, [[Government of Bihar]], [[Patna]]| year = 1988}}</ref> He got his elementary education at his village and became a teacher in a lower primary school in village Mathurapur.<ref name="Struggle for Freedom: Some Great Indian Revolutionaries" /> He took active part in [[Civil Disobedience Movement]] in 1930 and was imprisoned in Patna Camp Jail.<ref name="Struggle for Freedom: Some Great Indian Revolutionaries" /> He was released along with other Satyagrahis after the [[Gandhi–Irwin Pact]]. Later he came in contact with the members of the [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] and became a revolutionary.<ref name="Struggle for Freedom: Some Great Indian Revolutionaries" />

== Work ==
Shukla was also initiated into the freedom struggle at a young age taking active part in the [[Salt Satyagraha]] of 1930. He was associated with revolutionary organisations like the Hindustan Seva Dal and HSRA. The execution of Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev in 1931 as a result of their trial in the [[Bhagat Singh#Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case|Lahore conspiracy case]] was an event that shook the entire country.

== Death ==
Phonindra Nath Ghosh, hitherto a key member of the [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] had treacherously betrayed the cause by turning an approver, giving evidence, which led to the execution of [[Bhagat Singh]], [[Sukhdev]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]]. Shukla was commissioned to plan the execution of Ghosh as an act of ideological vendetta which he carried out successfully on 9 November 1932. He was arrested and tried for the killing. Shukla was convicted and hanged in [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] Central Jail on 14 May 1934. He was only 27 years old.

== References ==
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*[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/rjan2001/r29012001.html] Official biography given by the Government of India when a stamp was released on him.
*Nand Kishore Shukla, ''The Trial of Baikunth Sukul: A Revolutionary Patriot'', Har-Anand, 1999, 403 pages, {{ISBN|81-241-0143-4}}.
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