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surgeon.
All
six
sons
studied
abroad.
In
June
1906,
Dhingra
left
Amritsar
for
Britain.
He
enrolled
in
University
College,
London,
to
study
engineering.
Dhingra
arrived
in
London
a
year
after
the
foundation
of Shyamaji
Krishnavarma's India
House.
This
organization
in
Highgate
was
a
meeting
place
for
Indian
radicals.
They
had
weekly
meetings,
which
Dhingra
would
often
attend. V.
D.
Savarkar became
manager
of
India
House
and
inspired
Dhingra's
admiration
in
the
cult
of
assassination.
However,
Dhingra
became
aloof
from
India
House
and
was
known
to
undertake
shooting
practice
at
a
range
on
Tottenham
Court
Road.
On
1
July
1909,
he
attended
an
'At
Home'
hosted
by
the National
Indian
Association at
the Imperial
Institute.
At
the
end
of
the
event,
as
the
guests
were
leaving,
Dhingra
shot Sir
Curzon-Wyllie,
an
India
Office
official,
at
close
range.
His
bullets
also
hit
Dr
Lalcaca,
a
Parsee
doctor,
who
was
killed.
Dhingra
was
immediately
arrested.
At
his
trial,
Dhingra
represented
himself,
although
he
did
not
recognize
the
legitimacy
of
the
court.
He
claimed
that
he
had
murdered Curzon-Wyllie as
a
patriotic
act
and
in
revenge
for
the
inhumane
killings
of
Indians
by
the
British
Government
in
India.
He
was
found
guilty
and
sentenced
to
death.
He
was
executed
at
Pentonville
Prison
on
17
August
1909.
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