Whole of India will watch me while I wear the noose smiling….
10 months and 10 days from now
I shall be born to my maternal aunt O Mother
If you don’t recognize me
Look for the noose around my neck.
...This was the song 18 year old Khudiram sang when he was about to be hanged to death by the British. He was asking his mother (Mother India) to bid him goodbye. This song was composed in first person narrative in honor of Khudiram Bose by poet Pitambar Das." - Meaning and context.">
Pitambar Das in Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
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Mother bid me farewell once, I will be back soon.
Whole of India will watch me while I wear the noose smiling….
10 months and 10 days from now
I shall be born to my maternal aunt O Mother
If you don’t recognize me
Look for the noose around my neck.
...This was the song 18 year old Khudiram sang when he was about to be hanged to death by the British. He was asking his mother (Mother India) to bid him goodbye. This song was composed in first person narrative in honor of Khudiram Bose by poet Pitambar Das.

— Kshudiram Bose

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Mother bid me farewell once, I will be back soon.
Whole of India will watch me while I wear the noose smiling….
10 months and 10 days from now
I shall be born to my maternal aunt O Mother
If you don’t recognize me
Look for the noose around my neck.
...This was the song 18 year old Khudiram sang when he was about to be hanged to death by the British. He was asking his mother (Mother India) to bid him goodbye. This song was composed in first person narrative in honor of Khudiram Bose by poet Pitambar Das." in the context of "Pitambar Das in Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Kshudiram Bose

About Kshudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose (also spelled Kshudiram/Khudiram Basu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian revolutionary from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. For his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case, along with Prafulla Chaki, he was sentenced to death and subsequently executed, making him one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement.