India, April 19 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, on Friday visited Krantiveer Chapekar Memorial of freedom fighters Chapekar brothers, who in 1897 assassinated a British officer for mismanaging Pune's plague. The chief minister urged school students to visit the memorial in Chinchwad, 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.

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