- Mallappa Dhanshetty
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Mallappa Dhanshetty Born 1898
Solapur, IndiaDied January 12, 1931 Cause of death hanged Nationality Indian Known for Indian Independence Movement Mallappa Dhanshetty (Marathi: मल्लप्पा धनशेट्टी) (1898 – January 12, 1931) was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. The British Government had imposed a "Shoot on sight" order under martial law in Solapur in 1930 to suppress the freedom movement. Mallappa, along with Shrikisan Laxminarayan Sarada, Abdul Rasool Qurban Hussain, and Jagannath Bhagwan Shinde, defied the martial law. In order to quell the freedom movement, the Government sentenced all four to death.[1]
Notes
- ^ "Martyrs from Maharashtra" poster, Government Central Press, Mumbai
See also
Categories:- 1931 deaths
- 1898 births
- Indian independence activists
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