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| birth_date  = {{birth-date|7 January 1892}}

| image      = Anant Kanhere.jpg

| death_date  = {{d-da|19 April 1910|7 January 1892}}

| death_place = [[Thane]], India

| death_cause = Hanged

'''Anant Laxman Kanhere''' was an Indian independence fighter. He was born in a Brahmin family.On 21 December 1909, he shot the [[District collector|Collector]] of [[Nashik]] in [[British India]]. The murder of [[A. M. T. Jackson|Jackson]] was an important event in the history of [[Nashik]] and the Indian revolutionary movement in [[Maharashtra]].

Anant Laxman Kanhere was born on 7 January 1892 in Aayani ([[Anjani railway station|Anjani]]), a small village in [[Khed taluka, Ratnagiri|Khed Taluka]], [[Ratnagiri district]] in a Brahmin family. He had two brothers and two sisters. He completed his primary education in Nizamabad (which was then also called as Indur), and his English education took place in Aurangabad. His elder brother was Ganpatrao and younger brother Shankarrao. His brother Ganpatrao was at Barshi. Anant stayed with his brother for some time and in 1908 returned to Aurangabad and stayed in a hired room in Gangaram Rupchand Shroff's house. Gangaram had a friend at Yewale named Tonpe. He was member of the secret society of Nashik. One Ganu Vaidya used to visit Yewala to meet his relative. Vaidya and Gangaram once went to purchase weapon for the Nashik Secret Society. Anant acquainted with this Vaidya at  Aurangabad.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite web |last1=Pathak |first1=Arunchandra |title=History, British Period |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nasik/005%20History/004%20BritishPeriod.htm |website=www.cultural.maharashtra.gov.in |publisher=Govt. of maharashtra |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Later, Anant wrote a novel 'Mitra Prem' about the friendships he developed at this time. Anant came in contact with the members of secret revolutionary groups at this time, and was attracted towards their work. At that time the atmosphere in India and Maharashtra, called the Bombay Province during the British era, was very much charged with anti-British feelings. Nashik was at the forefront with the formation of the revolutionary organization Abhinav Bharat Society by the Savarkar Brothers. Many small secret revolutionary organizations were formed in and around Nashik, guided by Babarao Savarkar, elder brother of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Krishnaji Gopal Karve, popularly called Anna Karve, had formed one such secret society in Nashik. Anna Karve was a young lawyer who aspired to do something for his motherland. Another member of the secret society was Vinayak Narayan Deshpande, who was also one of the main accused in the Jackson Murder case; he was a teacher in an English Medium school in Panchavati, Nashik. [[File:Full photo of Anant Kanhere.jpg|thumb|Full photo of Anant Kanhere]]

==Political activity==

[[A.M.T. Jackson|Jackson (30 Dec 1866 ― 21 Dec 1909)]], a British officer, was aware of these activities. He started mixing with people, unlike other British officers, and made an image of himself as a people-friendly officer. He told people that he was a [[Vedas|Vedic]]-literate [[Brahmin]] in his previous life and that was why he felt affection towards the Indian people. He used to talk to people in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and had knowledge of [[Sanskrit]].

==Jackson murder case==

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