Friday, March 28, 2014

389. Pravas Chandra Bal (( ? - 1930) 390.Pravas Chandra Lahiri (1893-1974)

Pravas Chandra Bal was born in Chittagong. He joined revolutionary organisation in his student life and Participated in Chittagong Armoury Raid on 18.4.1930.On 22 April he died being  wounded  while fighting against the British Military from Jalalabad Hill.

Pravas Chandra Lahiri (1893-1974)was born in Rajshahi in 1893. He won  Gold Medal while reading in Rajshahi College.He became a membe of Anushilan Samity being influenced by the leader Maharaja Trailokyanath and became a `organiser in North Benagal. He participated in the famous Dharail Dacoity. He went underground in Guwahati when police attacked the house of the Samity. He participated along with other revolutionaries in the "Guwahati Struggle" and became wounded. Inspite of his wound he successfully escaped.But he was arrested in1918 and had to suffer 3 years RI. He remained either in  Jail or bin underground for 22 years.He w2as released in 1946 and became a member of Constituent Assembly.He stayed in East Pakistan after partition. He was elected as a member of Lok Sabha and became Minister in the dept. of Finance and Jail for two terms.He stayed in India from 1954. His important works are "India Partitioned and Minorities in Pakistan ", "Pak-Bharater Ruprekha", "Mukti Sainiker Diary" etc.

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