Niranjan Sengupta

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Niranjan Sengupta
নিরঞ্জন সেনগুপ্ত
Member of
Tollyganj
Minister of Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation and Jails, Government of West Bengal
In office
1967 - 1968
1969
Personal details
Born(1904-07-26)26 July 1904
British India (modern Bangladesh)
Died4 September 1969(1969-09-04) (aged 65)
Kolkata, India
CitizenshipIndia
Political partyCommunist Party of India (1938 - 1964)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964 - 1969)

Niranjan Sengupta (26 July 1904 - 4 September 1969) was a

Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was a leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist).He was born in Jhalokathi district of Barisal.[1]

Revolutionary activities

The first elected student union in India was at Ripon College with Niranjan Sengupta as its president. Niranjan was a leader of the Barisal branch of Dhaka 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 Andaman Cellular jail with other revolutionaries where he became acquainted with Communist ideas.[1]

Later he became a

1969.[1]

Notes

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election Results of Bijpur Assembly Seat". Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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