NARAYAN RAO PAWAR. An Arya samaj activist in former Hyderabad state of Nizam 7.He became famous after he threw a bomb at Nizam 7 Mir Osman Alikhan, at king kothi palace on4 dec 1947.Jagadish Arya and Gandiah Arya were co conspirators. The Nizam escaped and pawar was arrested. He was tried at sessions Court and was sentenced to death. Jagadish Arya was awarded life term. After police action on 17 sept1948, sentence of pawar was changed to life term. Swami Ramananda theertha a prominent leader of the period who was guru of PV Narsimha Rao later acted as mediator and pleaded with Pawar to write a mafeenama.. I. E apology letter to the governor. But Pawar refused. He served 21 months jail term and was released on 10 Aug 1949.He passed away on 12 dec 2010. He did not get much recognition in Independent India and died unsung.He did not run after awards, posts, and some recognition from the govt. He is one among many unsung heroes of freedom struggle.
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