Chaphekar club founded after the martyrdom of Chaphekar brothers was spreading its branches in the various parts of country to promote the cause of Indian Freedom. ‘Kalidas’ a newspaper from Benares was one of such mediums through which one of the members of Chaphekar club, Krishnaji Abji Guruji was expressing his thoughtful opinion with full of patriotism. It was the unprecedented popularity of Kalidas that the British colonial state reacted sharply and proscribed its publication only after a brief trial of four months. Krishnaji Abji Guruji became first victim of the modified treason act of 1898 A.D. Though suppressed soon the voice of Krishnaji had already raised a number of pertinent questions. This paper is based upon the facts collected from proscribed files of Kalidas trial preserved at U.P.State Archives, Lucknow, India.
