163. Kshitish Chandra Dasgupta (1889-1979), 164. Kshitih Chandra Roychoudhury (1893-1977)

Kshitish Chandra was born in Kurigram, Rangpur. He was a student of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy and gathered special knowledge in Chemistry as his student. His elder brother, Satish Chandra ,  was a follower of  Gandhi. He established a " Khadi Pratistan" with the help of his elder brother. He participated in constructive political activities in Bengal. He gifted all his belongings to Khadi Pratistan in his early life of 38 years of age in 1927. He delivered lectures before public with the help of magic lantern which inspired them to patriotism. In 1961 at his age of 72, he at first became the curator of Gandhi Museum at Barrackpore and then became its secretary.His wife Sunitibala was also a freedom fighter and was imprisoned three times.

Kshitish Chandra Roychoudhury was born in Noakhali, at present Bangla Desh. His ancestors held from Faridpur. He was a student of the National School founded in the age of freedom struggle.During WWI, he was entrusted with the duty of  distributing arms to different places collected from German War Ship in Hatiya Dwip as a programme of Noakhali "Yugantar Dal". He remained intern  in a village of Jessore for three years in consequences of a case regarding a dacoity of Sibpur, Nadia. After release he joined in active mass movement of Congress. As a result, he was imprisoned for six months. He worked sincerely for the unity of Hindu and Muslim. He was an undaunted editor of the paper " Desher Bani".
He suffered three months jail for participating in Civil Disobedience in 1930-31. He was confined to Boxer and Deuli jail during 1932-38 after Chittagang Armory Raid. After release he joined Communist Party of India. He engaged himself in the peace foundation of the communal riot of Noakhali anf Calcutta in 1946.
He passed rest of his life in the works of people of Noakhali.He was rescued by the muslim people when he was about to be murdered by the Panjabi Miliaries in 1971 during freedom struggle of Bangla Desh.
In 1977 he was brought to Calcutta for treatment but he died.