Pramod Ranjan Sengupta

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Pramod Ranjan Sengupta প্রমোদরঞ্জন সেনগুপ্ত (1907 - 1974) was a Marxist intellectual and Bengali revolutionary, attached with of Indian National Army led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Early life

Sengupta was born in

British India at Dumka, presently in the state of Jharkhand. His father Harshanath Sengupta was a reputed doctor of Dumka. In 1925 while studying in Krishnagar Government College, at Krishnanagar, Nadia he came in contact with Hemanta Kumar Sarkar, Anantahari Mitra, Mahadev Sarkar and gravitated towards revolutionary politics.[1]

Revolutionary activities

Sengupta was arrested for his connection with

Ph.D degree. He went to Spain to join the International Brigades against the Nationalist forces. During World War II Sengupta joined in Indian National Army formed by Subhas chandra Bose in Berlin and he became its Program Director. He also edited the Ajad hind magazine for a short while. After the war he was arrested in 1945 by the British military Mission and was imprisoned for 10 months. In 1946, Sengupta returned to India, joined Left-wing politics and was again imprisoned in 1950 in the Presidency jail in Kolkata. After release, he joined in Communist Party of India.[1]

Other movements

Sengupta was active in International Peace Movement, Progressive Writers' Movement, Bharatiya Gananatya Sangha, Democratic Rights and Civil Society Movement after the commencement of The Emergency (India). He was the President of All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) at the time of Naxalbari uprising.[4][5] Pramod Ranjan Sengupta, popularly known as Pramod Sengupta, was a founder member of Bengal's civil liberty organization Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR), and elected as its first general secretary in 1972.

Literary works

Sengupta was a Marxist intellectual and socio political essayist and. A number of his articles were published in various magazines. He wrote the following books:

  • Bhartiya Mahabidroha[6]
  • Nilbidroho o Tatkalin Bangali Samaj[7]
  • Kalantarer Pathik Romain Rolland
  • Naxalbari and Indian Revolution[8]

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