Pratap Singh Baharat was an independence activist from Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

.He took prominent part in the revolutionary movement against British rule in India. He was son of Kesri Singh Baharat.

Born on 25 May 1893 at Shahpura

Shahpura

See Shahpura for disambiguationShahpura is a city and a municipality in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.- Geography :Shahpura is located at . It has an average elevation of 364 metres .- Demographics :...

 in Bhilwara District

Bhilwara district

Bhilwara District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The town of Bhilwara is the district headquarters.-Geography and demographics:...

 in Indian state of Rajasthan he joined the Revolutionary Party as a follower of Ras Bihari Bose.He participated in the revolutionary plot to throw a bomb at Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India on 3 December 1912. His uncle Jorawar Singh Barhat was also in that group. He was arrested in Banaras Conspiracy Case and was sentenced in Feb 1916 to five years RI. He was subjected to brutal torture in Bareilly

Bareilly

Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

 Central Jail to force him to divulge the names of his compatriots. He refused. He died in the jail on 7 May 1917 as an unsung hero.

See also

• Ras Bihari Bose
• Shahpura, Bhilwara