Eftim Angelov ( bg, Ефтим Ангелов), known as Timo Angelov (Bulgarian: Тимо Ангелов), was a

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n revolutionary, a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO). Eftim Angelov was born in the town of

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in 1882. He studied in the smithery school in

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, where he was nicknamed Timo Knyaza (the prince) and Eftim Tsarya (the tsar) by his friends. In Samokov he was member of the Trayko Kitanchev Revolutionary Circle which produced bombs for the needs of IMARO. In 1900 he went to the region of Mehomia as a freedom fighter and in 1903 he was appointed leader of the Tikvesh region. On 24 March 1903 the joint revolutionary bands of few leaders, among which were Hristo Chernopeev,

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(from the region of Radovish),

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(from the region of Veles) and Timo Angelov, went to

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. There were 190 freedom fighters in the joint band. They were intercepted near the town of Kochani and this was the reason for their battles with the

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military that lasted for few days in the mountain Plachkovitsa. The revolutionary band led by Angelov was not able to reach this region and as a consequence it went back to

.Силянов, Христо. „Освободителните борби на Македония“, том I, София, 1993, стр.225.
/ref> After the unsuccessful attempt to enter Macedonia, Timo Angelov joined a group that was preparing bombs to blow up important military objects in Turkey during the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. The workshop was located in

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, in the house of Mihail Gerdzhikov. In 1903, while a bomb was prepared to blow the harbours of

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, an explosion happened that killed Timo Angelov and two of his fellow freedom fighters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelov, Timo 1882 births 1903 deaths People from Berkovitsa Bulgarian revolutionaries Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization