He is credited with throwing the first bomb on the British. Even while at school, he was attracted towards the sacred words Vande Mataram (I bow to Mother India!) and plunged into the war of independence.

At the age of sixteen, he defied the police.

At the age of nineteen, he became a martyr, with the holy book the Bhagavad Gita in his hand and with the slogan Vande Mataram' on his lips.