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Pandurang Khankhoje?

Birth:

Pandurang Khankhoje was born in Wardha, Maharashtra, in the late 19th century.

Revolutionary Connections:
Pandurang Khankhoje came in contact with other revolutionaries early on.

Hindu reformer Swami Dayanand and his Arya Samaj movement, which called for a spirit of reform and social change, became the hero to a young student group led by Khankhoje.

Khankhoje was an ardent admirer of the French revolution and of the American War of Independence.
Before leaving India for training in abroad, he visited Bal Gangadhar Tilak, by who he was inspired.

Life Abroad:

Khankhoje decided to go abroad for further training in revolutionary methods and militaristic strategy.
After spending time with nationalists from Japan and China, Khankhoje eventually moved to the US, where he enrolled in college as a student of agriculture.

A year later, he joined the Mount Tamalpais Military Academy in California to fulfil his original purpose of leaving India