A public Meeting was called at College Square on 21st May 1923 under the presidency of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das to place the demand of Nazrul and other prisoners so that the Govt. would see the problems of the prisoners and the hunger strike might be called off.
The renowned speakers and very important persons such as Hemanta Sarker, Atul Sen, Mrinal Kanti Basu, Jatindra mohan Bagchi, Moulana Manirujjaman Islamabadi etc , the poets, artists, and litterateurs. The meeting took the resolution; "It is extremely necessary to see that Nazrul lives alive for the benifit of the country and the literature". The friends of Nazrul went to Sir Abdullah Surhawardi, an un-official inspector of Jail, requested to go to Hooghly to arrange for a settlement and gave him Rs. 30/- , collected by way of subscription, the up and down taxi fare from Calcutta to Hooghly.Sir Abdullah Surhawardi went to Hooghly, talked with Nazrul and other prisoners and assured them that he would see to the matter through negotiation with appropriate authorities. At this Nazrul and other prisoners agreed to give up hunger strike.
Biraja Sundari Devi came from Coomilla to Hooghly Jail on 22 May 1923 and offered sour and salted water to Nazrul and others to give up their hunger strike when Nazrul was going to complete 40 days of hunger strike. Birendranath Sengupta and Pabitra Gangopadhyay also came on the same date and came to learn that they had given up their hunger strike. On 18th June 1923 Nazrul was shifted to Berhampore Jail and was given privileged treatment as political prisoner.
Nazrul was released on 21st Dec 1923.
After release from Berhampore Jail Nazrul went to the house of Nalinaksha Sanyal.. Nazrul was given a hearty felicitation at Berhampore Science College.
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