Subodh Roy
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Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Subodh Roy (1915 – 26 August 2006)[1] (also known as Jhunku Roy) was an Indian revolutionary socialist who was influential in the Indian independence movement, and a politician.
Biography
Subodh Roy was born in 1915 to a rich family at Chittagong in erstwhile-undivided Bengal. At the age of 14, he was the youngest participant in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930-31 under the direction of the revolutionary leader Surya Sen (Masterda). Roy was in the first batch to be sentenced.[1]
After the trial, Subodh Roy was deported to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair in 1934.[1]
After his release from jail in 1940, he joined communist politics and became a member of the
Subodh Roy made major scholarly contributions to the history of the
Popular culture
Delzad Hilwade played the role of young Subodh Roy (nicknamed Jhunku) while Vijay Varma played his older self in Bedabrata Pain's film Chittagong.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Model revolutionary". The Hindu. 18 April 1930.
- ^ a b "Comrade Subodh Roy Passes Away". Pd.cpim.org. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Bedabrata Pain sacrificed a lot for 'Chittagong': Anurag Kashyap". 8 October 2012.