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'''Bhai Balmukund''' (1889 – 8 May 1915) was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. He was sentenced to death and hanged by the [[British Raj]] for his role in [[Delhi conspiracy case]]. He was a cousin of another revolutionary [[Bhai Parmanand]], who was a founder member of [[Ghadar Party]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bhai Parmanand|2009|page=79}}</ref><br />
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==Earlier life==<br />
Bhai Balmukund was born in 1889 at Kariala village in [[Jhelum district]] (now in Pakistan). His father's name was Bhai Mathura Das. His family hailed from a famous martyr of [[Hindu]] history [[Bhai Mati Das]] from whom they attached the epithet ''Bhai'' to their names.<ref>{{harvnb|Sarala|1999}}</ref> Balmukund's interest in national movement aroused when he was a student. After graduation, he took the profession of teaching, but his attachments to the national movement made him an ardent nationalist.{{cn|date=August 2023}}<br />
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==Revolutionary activities==<br />
On 23 December 1912, when [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Lord Hardinge]] was marching in a state through the [[Chandni Chowk]], [[Delhi]], a bomb was thrown on him. The Viceroy received minor injuries only, but his attendant was killed. Another bomb was thrown at some Europeans at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore|Lawrence Garden]], [[Lahore]] five months later on 17 May 1913. Following investigations, Balmukund was arrested from [[Jodhpur]], where he was working as a tutor of the Jodhpur Maharaja's sons.<br />
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==Death==<br />
A trial was held at Delhi after the investigations of the bombings and Balmukund was sentenced to death along with his companions Master Amir Chand, Awadh Behari, and [[Basanta Kumar Biswas]] on 5 October 1914. He was hanged in the Old Delhi Jail near Delhi Gate on 8 May 1915 at the age of 26.<ref>{{cite news |author=Press Trust of India |title=Sheila Dikshit pays tribute to martyrs of Hardinge bomb case |url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/sheila-dikshit-pays-tribute-to-martyrs-of-hardinge-bomb-case-481520 |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book |last=Sarala |first=Shrikrishna |title=Indian revolutionaries: a comprehensive study, 1757-1961 |volume=II |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |year=1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVx-yK6MhaQC&q=bhai%20balmukand&pg=PT65 |access-date=1 April 2010 |pages=221–224 |isbn=9788187100171 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Bhai Parmanand |title=The Story Of My Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CHMoCHJl98C&pg=PP1 |access-date=2 April 2010 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |year=2009 |isbn=978-81-87100-38-6 }}<br />
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