Madan Lal Dhingra, born in 1883 in the Punjab province of British India, was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. While studying in England, he assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official, hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century.

    Dhingra had to work as a clerk, a Tonga (horse-driven cart) puller and a factory labourer in his native place. Dhingra attempted to organise a union there, but was sacked. He worked for some time in Bombay, before acting upon the advice of his elder brother and went to England for higher studies. In 1906, Madan Lal moved to England and enrolled at the University College, London, to study Mechanical Engineering. He was supported by his elder brother and some nationalist activists in England.

    Dhingra came into contact with noted Indian independence and political activists Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and....