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{{short description|Young Indian activist (1925-1943)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shankar Mahale
| image = File:Saheed Shankar Mahale.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| other_names =
| birth_name = Shankar Dajiba Mahale
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|01|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Nawabpura, Nagpur, Maharastra, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|01|19|1925|01|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Nagpur Central Jail, Nagpur, Maharastra
| death_cause = Execution
| occupation =
| years_active =
| known_for = Participation in Quit India Movement
| notable_works =
}}

'''Shankar Mahale''' (18 January 1925 - 19 January 1943) was one of the youngest revolutionary to hanged after [[Khudiram Bose]], who was also a young revolutionary to die on gallows. He was though educated up to fourth standard, as he joined [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Quit India Movement]]. He worked as a mill worker at Nagpur, in order to earn his living while joining the freedom struggle. It was on 19 January 1943, that he ascended to the gallows with a smile on his face.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.bhaskarhindi.com/state/news/nagpur-has-also-taken-part-in-the-movement-of-freedom-45718|access-date=2021-09-16|website=m.bhaskarhindi.com}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Shankar was born on 18 January 1925 in Nawabpura area of [[Nagpur, Maharastra]]. He studied only up to fourth standard when Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to all the youths of the country to join [[Quit India Movement]] the, in order to overthrow the oppressive rule of the British Imperialists in India. And at that young age, Shankar left the school and joined the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=नेहरूजींच्या इच्छेनुसार तयार झाले स्मारक|url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/nagpur/the-monument-was-built-according-to-nehrujis-wishes/articleshow/75408736.cms|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Maharashtra Times|language=mr}}</ref> Although he studied up to fourth standard but still he had keen interest in the study of history and politics. As he studied in a Government School, so he boycotted it due to the rash behavior of the British teachers on Indian students. But he continued his studies at home under the guidance of his father Dajiba Mahale, who was also a notable teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shankar Mahale|url=https://ournagpur.com/nmc-officials-pays-tribute-to-martyr-shankar-mahale/shankar-mahale/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Our Nagpur|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Death ==
Many a mill workers protested against the ill treatment of their officials. From 9th to 11th August 1942, the mill workers in Nagpur went on strike for 3 days. Many Government offices and police outposts were set fire by the protesters. Shankar also participated in it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-14|title=अपरिचित क्रांतीकारक !|url=https://sanatanprabhat.org/marathi/503048.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=सनातन प्रभात|language=en-US}}</ref> Meanwhile his father Dajiba, was shot to death by the police while he was participating in the Quit India Movement. At that time Shankar was only seventeen years old. Enraged at his father's death caused by police, he along with his colleagues planned to raid the Nagpur police station at night. On 13th August 1942, armed with lathis, they raided the police station and even killed sepoy named Bal Govind, who was responsible for the death of Shankar's father Dajiba. But as they seized the arms and ammunition they were surrounded by armed police reinforcements, and were ultimately captured. Eventually Shankar and his colleagues, were put on a trial. In the end Shankar was sentenced to death and others to a long term of imprisonment. On the 19th January, 1943, at early morning in [[Nagpur]] Central Jail, Shankar Mahale walked up to the gallows and with a smile on his lips he gave up his life for the cause of Indian Independence. He was only eighteen years old, just like [[Khudiram Bose]], to be hanged.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chopra|first=Pran Nath|url=http://archive.org/details/whoswhoofindianm01chop|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs, Vol. 1|date=2013|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|others=Public Resource|isbn=978-81-230-1757-0}}</ref>

== Legracy ==
[[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]] erected a statue of Shankar Mahale, in his honour at Nagpur Chowk.
[[File:Statue_of_Martyr_Shankar_Mahale.jpg|thumb|Statue of Martyr Shankar Mahale.]]
Later [[Pratibha Patil]], the 12th [[President of India]] built a small memorial in the honor of the martyr Shankar on 17 February 2011.[[File:Shrimati Pratibha Patil honors the statue of Martyr Shankar Mahale.jpg|thumb|Shrimati Pratibha Patil honors the statue of Martyr Shankar Mahale.]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-19|title=शहीद शंकर महाले यांना म.न.पा.तर्फे आदरांजली|url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/a-tribute-to-the-martyr-shankar-mahale-manapatarphe/01191620|access-date=2021-09-16|website=Nagpur Today : Nagpur News|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian independence movement| ]]
[[Category:Indian anarchists]]
[[Category:Indian anti-capitalists]]
[[Category:Indian atheism activists]]
[[Category:Indian communists]]
[[Category:Indian nationalists]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Indian nationalist political parties]]
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]

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