139. Kalidas Naharay (1911-1960)

Kalidas the communal harmony. was born in faridpur but stayed in Bagurah. His father was a polish sub-inspector.While reading in class eight in Coronation School he joined the Jugantar Party of North Bengal and became a leader.He came in contact with Jatindramohan Roy, founder of Ganamangal Ashram  and was initiated as a revolutionary.He took the leading role of different social activities such  as flood, epidemic, nursing the patients etc.he passed the Matriculation Examination in 1929. Subhas Chandra Basu was the commander-in-chief of volunteers in the Calcutta congress in 1928.At that time military training camps were organised in different districts of Bengal province. Bagurah guards was formed in Bagurah. Kalidas was the Major of that guard. In those camps stick fighting,sword fighting, wrestling, carate etc were being trained. There were also established Bhratrimangal, Matrimangal etc.Many girls joined in this Matrimangal. Moreover, the feeling for mother land and patriotism were injected in those camps by lecturing with the help of a lantern. After a few days of the incident of Armoury raid of Chittagung, Biren Niyogi, Swadesh Banerjee, Anil Banerjee and himself were arrested. They were the first prisoners held in Preventive Detention Act . He was released after detention of 6 years in Bauxa Fort in 1937. He engaged himself as a photographer for his economic stringency. He became the district organiser when Subhas Chandra formed Forward Bloc resigning from Congress. He committed fasting in jail being arrested in joining 42 movement. He was released in 1946 and organised the movement of the trial of the prisoners of INA.  He organised public opinion against the Division of India and  the communal harmony. He stayed in East Pakistan in his mother land after partition of India.But He became eye-sore of the Govt of East Pakistan. He had to pass very hard days at the end of his life. he died in Bagurah keepin his wife and a son.