Saturday, September 21, 2013

140. Kali Charan Ghosh (1895-1984). 141. Kalinath Roy (1878-1945)

Kali Charan Ghosh was a freedom fighter, a journalist, a lawyer, and a biographer. He was born in Kodalia, 24-Parganas. While reading in M.A. class he joined in Politics and could not sit for final exam. He organised with the help of a group of members of Anushilan Samity to agriculturem weaving, and cottage industry.He was an assistant editor of "Swasthya Samachar", "Health and Happiness". He created sensation in British Parliament by his book "The Lawless Laws". He gave up practicing legal profession and took up Journalism. He was a curator  of Calcutta Museum of Calcutta Corporation. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy appointed him as a Chief Information Officer Of Govt. of Bengal.. His important books are " Bharater Panya", Famines Of Bengal (1770-1943), The role of Honour which was translated in different languages brought his name and fame. He handed over meny important document to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. 
Kalinath Roy was born in Jessore, He was a renowned journalist.He became an assistant editor of "dainik Bengali" edited by Surendranath Banerjee. He became editor of the dily news paper "Tribune" published from Lahore ( at present Pakistan) in  1915 and remained in his profession for consecutive 30 years.

   1. The appellant was convicted on the 28th May, 1919, by a Court of Commissioners sitting at Lahore under Ordinance I of 1919, and having the powers of a summary court-martial, of an offence under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, i.e., of haying by written words excited or attemped to excite disaffection towards His Majesty or the Government established by law in British India, and was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonmentafterwards reduced to three months' simple imprisonmentand to a fine of Rs. 1,000. Special leave to appeal was granted by His Majesty in Council on the 18th August, 1919.
2. The facts are shortly as follows:In March and April, 1919. there was unrest in the Punjab. Serious disturbances occurred at Delhi on the 30th March, when some persons were killed; and these disturbances were followed by disorder and violence at Amritsar and Lahore and elsewhere in the Punjab. The disturbances at Lahore occurred on the 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th April, the evidence showing that on the 11th April, Lahore city was "practically closed to the police." The appellant Boy was the editor of the " Tribune", a daily newspaper published at Lahore, and on the 6th, 8fch, 9th, 10th and 11th April, he published in that newspaper paragraphs and articles comment on the deaths at Delhi (the persons killed there being repeatedly Core, described as "martyrs") and charging the Government with grave misconduct in connection with the disturbances. It was stated in the issue of the 10th April that the "atmosphere was highly surcharged" and the "public mind in a state of unusual excitement."
. A major incident occurred in April 1919 when the British massacred Indians at Jalianwala Baag. The Tribune published a news report, Prayer at the Jama Masjid, on 6 April 1919. Kali Nath Roy was brought before the Martial Tribunal under Lieutenant Colonel Irvine and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs 1,000.

Samarendra Nath Roy's parents were Suniti Bala and Kali Nath Roy who was the editor of The Tribune, a nationalist daily newspaper published in Lahore. Samarendra Nath was the oldest of his parents two children. A major incident occurred in April 1919 when the British massacred Indians at Jalianwala Baag. The Tribune published a news report, Prayer at the Jama Masjid, on 6 April 1919. Kali Nath Roy was brought before the Martial Tribunal under Lieutenant Colonel Irvine and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs 1,000.
He was released after eight months for  the attempts made by Rabindranath Tagore  and others.

4 comments:

  1. Sunitibala and Kalinath had 3 children.. the middle child Tarulata dies an early death after her early marriage.. I am Kalinath's great grand-daughter

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  2. I would like to inform that the correct names of books written by Mr. Kali Charan Ghosh are Famines in Bengal and The Roll of Honour. They are need to be corrected.

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  3. I can provide photo of Mr. Kali Charan Ghosh which can be uploaded here.

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