Tuesday, April 23, 2013

25. Dr. Abinash Bhattacharya (1888-1963).

Abinash was born in Coomilla in 1888. He was admitted in Jadavpur Jatiya Bidyalaya. As he had some contact with the revolutionaries, his father sent him to Germany for higher education. He got Ph. D. in Chemistry in Germany. He was associated with plan of sending arms secretly from Germany to India during 1st WW,  for armed revolution 
Dr Abhinash Chandra Bhattacharyya was an important leader in Revolutionary movement for Indian independence or a radical Indian nationalist noted for his role in the Indo-German Conspiracy of World War I. Born in "Chunta" in the district of Tripura India, Bhattacharya in his youth became involved with the works of the Anushilan Samiti.
In 1910, Abhinash Bhattacharya proceeded to Germany to qualify as a Chemist in the prestigious "Hale University" of Germany i.e presently known as the "Martin Luther University".He obtained his "PhD in Chemistry" from here.
During his stay in the country, Bhattacharya again became involved in the Indian nationalist movement there, reviving old acquaintances from his Anushilan days. He was at this time close to Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, brother of Sarojini Naidu, Bhupendranath Datta, brother of Swami vivekananda and Harish Chandra and, through his acquaintance with the Prussian Minister of Interior, Bhattacharya became one of the Key founding member of the Berlin Committee and a member of Indian Independence Committee., which during the war came to be involved in a number of failed plans for nationalist revolution within India and mutiny in the Indian Army.
He returned to India in 1914 and founded a chemical factory known as "Techno Chemical Laboratory and Works Limited" in Calcutta. He is known as "Pioneer in Industrial Chemistry".During his lifetime he was connected with many social works and contributed many articles on freedom movement in the leading newspapers of Calcutta. Bhattacharyya also authored two books on freedom movements abroad.
Bhattacharya died in Rishra in Hoogly district in West Bengal in 1963

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