250. Trailakyanath Chakrabarty (1889-1970)

Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970) was an Indian revolutionary. He was born in Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh. A leader of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti, he was one of the chief accused in the Barisal Conspiracy Case of 1913, and was sentenced by the British and transported to the Andamans as a result. After independence in 1947, he became a politician and parliamentary member. He died in 1970. He spent 30 years of his life in prison.

Early Life

Since his school life he was interest in political and revolutionary activities.He joined Anushilan Samiti in 1906 while in school.He was arrested for revolutionary activity in 1908,consequently could not complete his school.In 1912 he was arrested for a murder but later he was released due to lack of evidence.He was arrested in Calcutta in 1914 due to his underground revolutionary activities carried out in Rajshahi, Comilla and Maldah and was sent to Andaman for Barisal conspiracy case.

Role in freedom struggle

Trailokyanath came back to Calcutta on the expiry of his sentence. There he took the charge of the National School. He was arrested once more in 1927 and was sent to a prison at Mandalaya in Burma. He was released in 1928 when he joined the Hindustan Republican Army. He participated in the Lahore Congress in 1929. He was in jail again from 1930 to 1938. After his release, Trailokyanath joined the Ramgarh Congress. He made a futile attempt to stir rebellion in the British Indian army during the Second World War. He participated in the quit India movement and was imprisoned in 1942. However, he was released from jail in 1946. He now devoted himself to organisational activities in Noakhali.

After Independence

After the partition of India in 1947, Trailokyanath joined open politics in Dhaka. He was elected member of the Provincial Assembly in 1954 as a nominee of the united front. After the promulgation of martial law in the country in 1958, embargo was imposed on his political and social activities. He passed the closing years of his life in self-exile at his village home. He wrote two memoirs on contemporary politics entitled Jele Trish Bachhar, Pak-Bharater Swadhinata Sangram. His other contribution is Geetai Swaraj. In 1970, he went to Calcutta for medical treatment from where he was carried to Delhi and was accorded a national reception. He died on 9 August 1970.