Niranjan Sengupta
Niranjan Sengupta | |
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নিরঞ্জন সেনগুপ্ত | |
Tollygunge | |
| Minister of Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation and Jails, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 1967–1968 1969 | |
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| Born | 26 July 1904 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Citizenship | India |
| Political party | CPI (1938–1964) CPI(M) (1964–1969) |
| Anushilan Samiti |
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| Anushilan Samiti |
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Niranjan Sengupta(26 July 1904 – 4 September 1969) was a
Ripon College. He sought to unify various revolutionary groups in Bengal and organized arms procurement efforts from his Mechhuabazar residence. Arrested in a police raid, he was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in the Cellular Jail. His incarceration transformed him ideologically, leading him to adopt Marxism
and work as a communist activist in post-independence India.
Early life and education
Niranjan Sengupta was born on 26 July 1904, in Narayanpur Village of Bharukathi, under
Barishal Division of undivided Bengal, to Sarbananda Sengupta, a clerk in the Civil Court and Kadambini Sengupta.[1] The couple had eleven children (six sons, five daughters). He was the eldest among his brothers, and including his sisters, he was the second oldest.[citation needed
]
Niranjan Sengupta passed his
Ripon College (now Surendranath College) for I.Sc.(Intermediate of Science). After passing his I.Sc. with First Division in 1923, he got admitted to Krishnanath College (now Murshidabad University) to pursue his Bachelor of Science degree, under the order of Anushilan Samiti, which he was an active member of, during his educational days in Calcutta(now Kolkata). On 7 December 1925, the eve of his final year examination, Niranjan Sengupta was arrested for the very first time, at around 2 PM, from his college laboratory, under the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act, and was sent to Midnapore Central Jail. He completed his Graduation from prison.[citation needed
]
Personal life
Soon after passing his I.Sc.(
Barishal
.
They were childless.[citation needed]
Revolutionary activities
In 1925, the first elected
Barishal branch of Anushilan Samiti. In 1929, he was one of the leaders who led to the formation of the neo-violence confederation. In 1930, in connection with the Mechuabazar Bomb Case, he was arrested with 23 others. In 1932, he was sent to the Cellular Jail with other revolutionaries where he became acquainted with Communist ideas.[1]
incarcerated in Cellular Jail
(1932 - 1938). Niranjan Sengupta's name is numbered 221.
Politics
Later, Niranjan Sengupta became a
1969.[1]
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Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(to his right) and interpreter (to his left)._shaking_hands_with_a_certain_Communist_leader_(right)_during_his_Ukraine_tour,_and_interpreter_(middle).jpg)
MLA of Tollygunge
then.Death
Niranjan Sengupta died on 4 September 1969, around 3:15 AM, at Ramakrishna Seva Sadan (now
Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan) of Calcutta (now Kolkata).[citation needed
]
Legacy
A half-bust statue of Niranjan Sengupta has been erected at
India's freedom struggle and independence as a revolutionary and freedom fighter, and also to the refugee community as a minister of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The road next to it, starting from Ranikuthi More up to G.D. Birla Centre for Education More has been named in his honour as Niranjan Sengupta Sarani. A performing arts theatre and auditorium named Niranjan Sadan has been built in his memory at Bijoygarh, opposite to Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College.[citation needed
]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6.
- ^ Jyoti Basu. "Memories: The Ones That Have Lasted, Part XI: I am Arrested". Ganashakti. Translated by Dasgupta, Abhijit. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001.
- ^ "Assembly Election Results of Bijpur Assembly Seat". Retrieved 26 February 2022.
