Saturday, November 23, 2013

188. Gopinath Saha (1901-1924), 189. Gopen Chakrabarty (1899-1https://drive.google.com/?tab=jo&authuser=0994)

Gopinath was born in Sreerampur, Hooghly. At the time of Non-Cooperation Movement, he he gave up his studies in school and participated in different revolutionary work with the revolutionary leaders in different places of Bengal. He joined in Jugantar Dal. Sir Charles Tregart was an  oppressive Police Commissioner
Gopinath Saha was a Bengali activist for Indian independence (from British rule) and member of the Hindustan Republican Association. On 12 January 1924, he attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart, a leader in the fight against revolutionary movements and the then head of the Detective Department of Calcutta Police. Saha's attempt failed as he erroneously killed Ernest Day, a white civilian who had come there on official business. Saha was arrested, tried and, in March 1924, hanged. Having received the order of assassinating Tregart, he murdered mistakenly Day Saheb in Chowrangee by a bullet. He refused for his defense after being arrested and put to court. He accepted his punishment citing that he wanted to kill Tregart.  

Gopen Chakrabarty was born in Bikrampur, Dhaka. He was one of the Communist leader. He became a member of Anushilan Samity in his student life.He joined National conference of Congress in 1907 and 1909 in his teens.In May 1917 he was arrested for the first time. That he was to be sent to Russia to contact with the Communist International. He left India with a service of a porter in a Dutch ship  in disguise of a Muslim and reached Leningrad in a Russian ship secretly in 1923. He began to work in Youth International.He joined in the Plenum of Communist International in June 1925 and came back to India as a porter in a Bombay going ship in 1926. He joined in newly formed "Peasants and Workers Party and was introduced with Muzaffar Ahmed and Nazrul Islam. He organised in many places the units of Jute Workers.He conducted efficiently the Railway Workers strike in 1927-28. He was arrested in the case of Meerut Conspiracy in 1929 and was released in 1933. He was secretary of Communist party, Bengal Committee in 1936-38. He died after long suffering in the rom no.12 of Woodland ward of P.G.Hospital.  

2 comments:

  1. this the only document about Gopinath Saha of Serampore that I could retrive, and 'am obliged for this encyclopedia, Barid B. Mukherjee

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  2. Yes, probably all that we know of Gopinath Saha is covered here. Thanks a lot.

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