The Chapekar Brothers assassinated British plague officer Walter Charles Rand in 1897, inspiring revolutionary nationalism and intensifying anti-colonial resistance against British rule in India. BulletsIn Damodar Hari Chapekar, Balkrishna Hari Chapekar and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar belonged to a Chitpavan Brahmin family from Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra. The Chapekar Brothers became prominent revolutionaries during the











