Ullaskar Dutta

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Ullaskar Dutta (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an Indian revolutionary associated with

Barindra Ghosh. He was the principal bomb maker of the Jugantar group[1] until Hemchandra Kanungo
returned from Paris learning political theory and explosive chemistry.

Early life

Ullaskar was born on 16 April 1885 to a

Presidency College, Kolkata and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was rusticated from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about Bengalis
.

Revolutionary activities

Ullaskar was a member of the

Barindra Ghosh
and Khudiram.

Trial and sentence

In the famous

Alipore bomb case, Ullaskar was arrested on 2 May 1908 and he was sentenced to death by hanging in 1909. Later, on appeal, the verdict was reduced to transportation for life and he was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman
.

Cellular jail

Ullaskar was subjected to brutal torture and repeated electrocution in the Cellular Jail and is said have lost his mental balance.[4] He was set free in 1920 and he returned to Kolkata.

Later life

Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957. After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,

Kolkata, West Bengal.[6]
Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.

Works

  • Dvipantarer Katha (The Tale of Deportation)
  • Amar Karajiban (lit. 'My Prison Life') (translated into English as Twelve Years of Prison Life in 1924).

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-563350-4
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-8364-0202-5. Archived
    from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Datta, Ullaskar – Banglapedia". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-93-5629-595-7. Archived from the original
    on 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Sundari Mohan". Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly

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