Biren Datta Gupta

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Biren Datta Gupta
Born(1889-06-20)20 June 1889
Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died21 February 1910(1910-02-21) (aged 20)
Alipore, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityIndian
Other namesBirendranath Datta Gupta
Parents
  • Umacharan Datta Gupta (father)
  • Basantkumari Devi (mother)

Biren Datta Gupta (20 June 1889 — 21 February 1910) was an Indian nationalist and member of the

Alipore conspiracy case .[1]

Early life

Biren was born on 20 June 1889 in the village of Baligaon in Bikrampur,

Jatindranath Mukherjee alias Bagha Jatin.[3]

Shamsul Alam's murder

After the Alipore conspiracy case was filed in the Calcutta High Court, the secret revolutionary activities in Bengal became almost public. At its core were three royal officials - Inspector Nandalal Banerjee, Advocate Ashutosh Biswas and the notorious, DSP Shamsul Alam. Assassinating them became necessary for the revolutionaries. Inspector Nandalal Banerjee betrayed Prafulla Chaki and shot him dead. For this he got his price, when another revolutionary Srish Pal shot him dead. Charuchandra Bose assassinated Ashutosh Biswas, the public prosecutor in the Alipore case, who was responsible for insulting the revolutionaries of the Alipore Bomb Case. The rest was Samsul Alam, the chief investigating officer in the conspiracy case. The verdict in the Alipore case was announced on 7 May 1909. The verdict Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Ullaskar Dutta including other revolutionaries was convicted and their sentence was announced.[4] In this situation, Bagha Jatin placed the responsibility of killing Shamsul Alam on the shoulders of his dear disciple Biren Datta Gupta. On 24 February 1910, in broad daylight in the verandah of the High Court, Biren shot Samsul Alam at the Point Blank Range. He then tried to escape from the court premises by firing. Unfortunately, after his revolver ran out of ammunition, the court guards came and caught him. He did not divulge any secret information during the police interrogation. He even refused to take the help of a lawyer to defend himself during the trial in the High Court. Justice Lawrence Jenkins appointed Barrister Nishit Sen as the defense counsel. The accused Biren, was smiling while standing on the dock. He stated he had decided to plead guilty.[citation needed]

Execution

A case was filed in the Calcutta High Court shortly after the murder of Shamsul Alam. This is the

Jatindranath Mukherjee 'signed' to that paper (Needless to say the signature is imitated) An article claims that the incident of Samsul's murder was premeditated by the police. The police spread rumours that Samsul Alam was not killed by Biren. Satish Sarkar (frictionous name) killed him. At the same time, in that article, Biren was mentioned as a police spy. Biren could not guess the point of this conspiracy of the police. He thought that Jatindranath had lied and proved him a traitor to his countrymen.[5] Biren became desperate for this scandal and on the day before his execution (20 February 1910) he confessed that he had killed Samsul on the orders of Jatindranath. In this confession of Birendra, many other revolutionaries including Jatindranath faced a deep problem. Biren was hanged on 21 February 1910 in the present Alipore Presidency Jail. 1910). On the day of his execution he kept smiling and he went to the gallows cheerfully. He stated in his confession that he had killed Samsul on the orders of Jatindranath. In this confession of Birendra, many other revolutionaries including Jatindranath faced a deep problem. However, in the end, the contemporary police administration could not take advantage of Biren's confession. There are basically two reasons for this. First, the administration did not get a chance to verify the veracity of the allegations leveled against them as Biren was hanged before the trial of the rest of the revolutionaries began. Second, the government failed to prove the interaction of the revolutionaries as power was decentralized among the revolutionary secret societies in the decision of the far-sighted Jatindranath. As a result, the administration was forced to release 33 of the 48 imprisoned revolutionaries, including Jatindranath.[5] After his release from jail, Jatindranath was dismissed from his job and devoted himself entirely to revolutionary activities. Other revolutionaries similarly refocused on their work. Therefore, as a result of Biren's confession, the humiliation that the British government had hoped for in the revolutionary movement in Bengal was never realized.[6]

References

  1. ^ GHOSH, KALI CHARAN (1960). THE ROLL OF HONOUR. VIDYA BHARATI,CALCUTTA.
  2. ^ "জার্মানি থেকে দেশকে স্বাধীন করার স্বপ্ন দেখেছিলেন স্বামী বিবেকানন্দের ভাই ভূপেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত | Bangla Amar Pran - The glorious hub for the Bengal". banglaamarpran.in. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ খবর, যশোর (21 February 2021). "একুশের শহিদ বীরেন্দ্রনাথ, ব্রিটিশভক্ত পুলিশ সামশুল আলমকে গুলি করে মারেন". Jashorekhabor. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Official Website of West Bengal Correctional Services, India - Martyrs for India's Freedom". wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Howrah-Sibpur-Conspiracy". sreenivasarao's blogs. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-81-250-0299-4
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