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Shirish Kumar Mehta Nandurbar

Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India movement against the British in 1942. Shirish Kumar was leading a procession protesting against the government in Nandurbar. The police had set up barricades at Mangal Bazar area. The police launched a Lathi charge on the protesters as soon as procession reached them. Shirish Kumar had the Tiranga, the Indian national flag. The police opened fire when their Lathi charge could not stop the procession. Shirish Kumar was killed on the spot. With him, Dhansukhlal Wani, Ghanshyam Das, Shashidhar Ketkar, and Laldas also died on the same spot. Nandurbar is identified with Shirish Kumar, who died as a martyr for the nation at a tender age during the freedom struggle. His Memorial is like a place of pilgrimage for many.