Shirishkumar Mehta

Shirishkumar Mehta

Shirishkumar Mehta (Marathi: शिरीषकुमार मेहता) (28 December 1926 – 9 September 1942) was an Indian freedom fighter, a revolutionary.
Shirishkumar Mehta
Born 28 December 1926
Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India
Died

9 September 1942 (aged 15)
Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Known for Indian Independence Movement

Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India movement against the British in 1942. Shirishkumar was leading a procession protesting against the government in Nandurbar. The police had set up barricades at Mangal Bazar area. The police launched a Lathi charge on the protesters as soon as procession reached them. Shirishkumar had the Tiranga, the Indian national flag. The police opened fire when their Lathi charge could not stop the procession. Shirishkumar was killed on the spot. With him, Dhansukhlal Wani, Ghanshyam Das, Shashidhar Ketkar, and Laldas also died on the same spot. [1]