Shiv Ram Hari Rajguru, born in an average middle-class Hindu Brahmin family at Khed in Poona district on August 24, 1906, was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra. He came to Varanasi at a very early age where he learnt Sanskrit and read the Hindu religious scriptures. He had a good memory and learnt by heart the “Laghu Siddhant Kaumudi”. He loved physical exercises and was associated with a number of such organisations. He had great admiration for Shivaji and his guerilla tactics.

    Besides being a learned scholar in various Indian scriptures, Rajguru was also a sharp and accurate shooter and was regarded as the gunman of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), also known as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. He wanted India to be freed from the British rule by any means necessary. He believed that ferocity against oppression was far more effective against British rule than the gentle ways of Mahatma....