On 21 December 1909, he shot Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson, who was the district collector of Nashik in British India.

Kanhere was born on 7 January 1892 in Aayani (Anjani), a small village in Khed Taluka, Ratnagiri district in a Chitpavan Brahmin family.

In 1908, Kanhere returned to Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar where he met with members of secret revolutionary groups.

Jackson was alleged to be instrumental in the arrest and prosecution of Babarao Savarkar for printing a sixteen-page book of the songs of Kavi Govind, although this is not confirmed.

Kanhere decided that he would kill Jackson and commit suicide by poison to avoid capture and save his other partners.

On 21 December 1909, after Jackson had arrived to see the play, Kanhere jumped in front of him and fired four bullets at him from Browning pistol.

Their bodies were burnt by the prison officers rather than being released to the families, and the remaining ash was thrown in the sea near Thane.