Rajendra Lahiri (1901 - 1927), also known as Rajendra Nath Lahiri,(Hindi:राजेन्द्रनाथ लाहिड़ी), (Bangla:রাজেন্দ্র নাথ লাহিড়ী) was a Bengali Hindu Brahmin revolutionary, who participated in various revolutionary activities of the Hindustan Republican Association aimed at ousting the British forever from India.
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Rajendra Lahiri was born on 23 Jun 1901 in the village of Mohanpur in District Pabna of erstwhile Bengal (now in Bangladesh). His father Kshitish Mohan Lahiri owned sufficient estate in Bengal, even then he was very active in revolutionary and nationalist activities against the British rule. He also owned a big property in Benaras city of Uttar Pradesh where his son Rajendra Lahiri was studying.
Rajendra had participated in the Dakshineswar Bomb Case and was absconded. He came to Benaras and started studying. He was a student of M.A. when the revolutionary activities started in Uttar Pradesh. Like others Rajendra also took part in the revolutionary movement and joined Hindustan Republican Association along with many other bengali friends.
In 1925 he participated in the famous Kakori train robbery which took place in the history on August 9, 1925. He was arrested and tried in the previous bomb case of Dakshineswar in Bengal and sent to jail for 10 years rigorous imprisonment. When the proceedings started in Lucknow for Kakori Train Robbery, he was also included in the Kakori conspiracy case and tried along with several other revolutionaries.
In a long drawn conspiracy case, he was proved guilty by the court in joint conspiracy of C.I.D. and local police. Lastly he was hanged in the Gonda district jail on 17 December 1927 just 2 days before the scheduled date.
He has written in a letter sent to his friend on 14 Dec 1927 just 3 days before his death from the condemned cell: "Yesterday I heard that privy council has dismissed my appeal. It seems me now that the country needs our blood. What is death? It is nothing but going from one side to the other side of life. If history takes a turn I think my death would not go waste. My last good bye to every body."
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