7. Atindra Mohan Roy (1894 ? or 1896 - 5.4.1979)

Roy, Atindra Mohan (1894 ? or 1896-1979) a revolutionary during the colonial period. He was born in village Bholachang under nabinagar upazila of brahmanbaria district . Brahmanbaria ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া —  District  — Location of Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh Country  Bangladesh Division Chittagong Division (Brahmanbaria (Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া Bramhonbaŗia) is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It literally means the place where Brahmins reside. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. It was part of greater Comilla District until 1984) . Son of Ananda Mohan Roy, he joined a revolutionary party while still at school in 1913. The Headmaster of Coomilla Zila School used to help the police in arresting the revolutionaries for which the revolutionaries assassinated him on 1915. Atin was also involved in the conspiracy of his assassination. He was sent to jail and  remained in custody upto 1921 in Medinipore jail. He was again arrested and remained in custody for 1925-1928 and 1930- 1938. On his release he became all the more revolutionary and remained so all his life. He was one the followers of Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu and participated in the "Non-Compromising Convention" 0n 19th March, 1940 at Ramgarh. He organised believers of socialism to join Revolutionary Socialist Party.  He remained underground in different provinces of India to avoid arrest  after the break out of WWII. He was arrested in 1941 and was released on 1946.     Atin Roy became intimate with the Rebel Poet kazi nazrul islam when the latter came to Comilla. He congratulated the poet on the publication of 'Dhumketu' - a mouthpiece for the revolutionaries. In his second year at Comilla Victoria College, he gave up his studies and joined the Freedom Movement. He had firm determination to liberate the country. He was well built though not a very tall man. Like other revolutionaries, he had put his faith in Gandhi's non-violence movement. He also organised an underground revolutionary group in Comilla. He and his comrades received financial help from the Maharaja of Agartala. They prepared themselves for an armed revolution in the whole of India. They procured arms from abroad with the money they got by robbing those who were loyal to the British. Shiploads of sophisticated arms were sent for the revolutionaries from Germany. The British came to know about this secret transaction. Many of the revolutionaries were arrested though Atin Roy managed to go underground.  He remained in Coomolla ( East Pakisran) and  organis the paesants and workers in East Bengal to form Workers and Peasants Socialist Party. Atin Roy served as chairman of Comilla Municipality from 1946 to 1954. He had immense contribution to Comilla Abhay Ashram, Basanta Smrti Pathagar (library) and Amulya Smrti Pathagar. He became a lonely men, silent and withdrawn, spending his days in the company of books when his son Asim Roy, a demonstrator of Comilla College was shot dead during the war of liberation by the Pakistan army. He, a broken man, passed away in 1979. [Ali Nawaz].