Pune, April 18 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday visited the memorial for freedom Chapekar brothers, who in 1897 assassinated a British officer for mismanaging the Pune's plague. The Chief Minister urged school students to visit the memorial, saying that the place is not only about where the British officer was killed but also gives a "glimpse of the progressive thoughts of their entire family."

Damodar Hari Chapekar and Balkrishna Hari Chapekar assassinated British Officer Walter Charles Rand and his military escort Lieutenant Ayerst on June 22, 1897, for his oppressive actions to stop the spread of the Bubonic plague in 1896 in Pune, Maharashtra. The third brother, Va...