838. Suresh Chandra Dasgupta (1881-1960), 539. Sulata Mitra , Kar (1907-1965)

Sureshchandra Dasgupta was born in Khulna. He began his career  and  political life in Bagurah.He was respected by all in Bagurah. He was out and out a follower of Gandhiji. He was a lawyer. But he gave up his career at the call of Gandhiji. Many among them joined again to their profession but he did not. He participated in Non-Cooperation movement in 1920, Civil Disobedience omovement in 1930 and Quit india Movement in 1942. He courted arrests many times. He was convicted as a rebellion. He was inspired by Gandhiji and put on dress made up of Khadi and shoe made up of palm leaves. He never put on dress made up od machine. He was known by "gandhiji of Bagurah" for his simple living. He was president of Bagurah Dt. congress committee for long. He was elected twice in Legislative Assembly of East pakistan. He took initiativse  to remove malpractices in Bagurah municipality. he editorin "desher karha' for long time. He donated all his private property to Rajsahi University as he had no children.Though he had opportunity of going in 1st Class without fare, he travelled in Class III . But he was jailed for six years in false charges of malpractices.  He was a good orator.


Sulata Mitra Kar was born in Kolkata. Their orinal house was at Chandannagar.She joined in national movement in 1932 at the inspiration of the then leader Sovarani Datta and Kalyani Das. She participated in picketing in front of foreign shops and  joined in political meetings. She was jailed for six months for participating in a unlawful meeting. She began participating in revolutionary works in 1933 under the leadership of Dinesh Majumdar, Revolutionary leader of Jugantar dal.Without informing the members of her family she allowed to hold meetings in her bed room, helped the revolutionary financially and kept secretly the revolver and other secret papers. In order to help in escaping Dinesh Majumdar from the hands of the police she in disguise in the form of a bridegroom and helped him to reach Chandannagar. In connection with the theft of Money in Grndlays Bank , police searched her house and kept her for 14 days in 1934 in a secret room in Bhawanipur Thana.  Inspite of continuous attempts the police could not gather any information from her. Thenshe was kept in Presidency jail for one month but had to release her without anyprove. Then she was sent toPurulia for two years. She was bedridden for about twelve years. She wrote afew books for children. She was married in 1926 with Kulehs Chandra Kar, Professor of Presidency College