Rajendra Lahiri

Rajendra Lahiri ,full name Rajendra Nath Lahiri, was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in some activities of the Hindustan Republican Association aimed at ousting the British from India. Rajendra Lahiri was born in 1892 in the village of Mohanpur in a Brahman family of Pabna District, Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh). His elder brother, Kshitish Mohan Lahiri, owned a large estate there .

Lahiri took part in the Dakshineswar bombing incident and absconded. He went to Benaras and started studying. He was a M.A. student when the revolutionary activities started in Uttar Pradesh. He joined the Hindustan Republican Association along with many other Bengali friends. He was found guilty after a long trial and was hanged in the Gonda district jail on 17 December 1927, two days before the scheduled date.