Saturday, March 29, 2014
401. Pramodranjan Choudhury (1904-1926), 402.Pramodranjan Sengupta (1907-1974)
Pramod Ranjan Choudhury was born at Kelishar, Chttagong (now in Bangladesh) in 1904. His father name was Ishan Chndra Chaudhury.While he was a student he joined Anusheelan Samity in 1920. He participated in non-Cooperation Movement in 1921. He was arrested in connection with Dakshineshwar Bomb Case and was jailed for five years. Deputy Superintendent of Jail Bhupendranath Chattopadhyay happened to visit jail for damaging the mental strength of the revolutionaries. Some revolutionary decided to assassinate Bhupen. On 28.5.1926 Bhupendranath was found dead on the floor of the prison.Being unable to ascertain who was the actual murderer the convicted two persons as the main culprit and the other three as their assistants. In trial Pramoderanjan and Anantahari was hanged on 28 Sept 1928 and the other three got Dwipantar.
Pramodranjan Sengupta came in contact with the revolutionaries like Ananta Hari Mitra, Mahadev Sarkar, Hemanta kumar Sarkar when was reading Krishnanagar College in 1925. He remained intern in a village of Faridpur after being arrested in connection with Dakineshwar Bomb Case.He went to U.K. after release in 1927.while studying there, he joined himself in "India League" and trade union movement of Dock workers.He went to Germany in 1928 at the invitation of Soumendra Nath Thakur and was introduced with the members of the Berlin Committee. In U.K. he had close connection with the Communist Leader like Sapurji Sakatwala, Harry polit, Rajani Pam Dutta etc.During WWII Netaji Subhas chandra bose formed INA in Berlin and he became its Programme Director. He also edited the magazine Ajad hind for some time. After the war he was arrested by the British military Mission and was imprisoned for 10 monthsw. He came back to India in 1946 and join in direct politics. He was agian imprisoned in Presidency jail in 1950. After release he joined Communist Party Of India. He was an important leader of International Peace Movement and preservation of Democratic Rights. His important works are "Bhartiya mahabidrha", "Nilbidroha o Tatkalin Bangali samaj", Kalatarer Pathik "Roma Roland."
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