Monday, May 27, 2013

92. Indubhushan Roy (1890-1912), 93. Indumati Guha Thakurata (1905-1991)

Indubhushan was born in Calcutta.in 1890. He threw a bomb on the Mayor of Chandannagar on 11 April 1908. He was  arrested in the same year on 2nd May for he was convicted in the Alipore Bomb Casde and was punished exportation. He committed suicide due to torture by the police in the jail.

Indumati was born in gava village of Basaal district. She was married in 1916. She was an active constructive worker. She was inspired by the then leaders Monaranjan Gupat, Arun Guha, Jiten Kushari, Folk Singer Mukunda Das of Barisaal. She joined Congress in 1921. She organised a Womens' Organisation in Banaripara and instralled a handloom machine there for  developing handicrafts. She took the lead of the movement of non-cooperation in 1930 when the male members were arrested,. She and Saruju Bala Sen underwent hunger strike in the local market to stop selling of foreign goods. She remained in jail for three months and interned forb two months in her residence for joining civil disobedience movement.She was again jailed for six months in the month of Sept.She established a School for untouchables.in 1934 in Chandimandap of her house.. She was elected as a Pradesh Congress committee member from Bhola in 1940 and also elected for the second time in 1946. She participated in 1942 August movement and was jailed for ten months along with three other female comrades and had remain interned in her house.She was released on Oct 1945. She established Monaranjan silpa Sadan in Barisaal to commemmorate Monarajan Guha Thakurata.She came to India in 1950 and founded "Charka Sangha" in Banshberia of Hooghly District.

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