Saturday, November 23, 2013

!85. Gopal Dev, 186. Gopika Bilas Sen (1900-1969)

Gopal Dev was born in Brahman Baria, Coomilla. He was sent to Andaman for he was caught red handed with two revolver in connection with the murder of Stiphens, Magistrate of Coomilla. But he died during transfer to  other jails.

Gopika Bilas Sen was born in Birbhum.  He joined in Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. He becae Secretary of Birbhum District Congress. He organised 80 villages in the programme of non-payment of Taxes for which he was arrested. He was the founder of Swaraj Ashram and was the personal Secretary of Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das. He took the responsibility of President ship of Calcutta Congress in 1934. That conference was declared illegal by the then British Govt. Neli Sengupta took the chair of the  Congress.
He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and became a state minister in the cabinet of Bidhan Chandra Roy.

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