Brajakishore Chakraborty

Brojokishore Chakraborty (1913 – 25 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.[1] He was hanged on 25 October 1934 along with Ramkrishna Roy for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge.[2]

Brojokishore Chakraborty
Born1913 (1913)
Ballavpur, Midnapore , British India
Died25 October 1934 (1934-10-26) (aged 21)
Midnapore Central Jail,Midnapore,Bengal Presidency, British India
OccupationRevolutionary
OrganizationBengal Volunteers
MovementIndian Freedom Movement

Family

Brojokishore Chakraborty was born in Ballavpur (Paschim Medinipur) in 1913. His father's name was Upendranath Chakraborty. He joined Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of British India.[3][4]

Revolutionary activities

After the murder of Magistrate Paddy and Robert Douglas no British officer was ready to take the charge of Midnapore District.[5][6] Mr. Bernard E J Burge, a ruthless District Magistrate was posted in Midnapore district. The members of the Bengal volunteers i.e. Ramkrishna Roy, Brajakishore Chakraborty,Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal, Kamakhya Charan Ghosh, Sonatan Roy, Nanda Dulal Singh, Sukumar Sen Gupta, Bijoy Krishna Ghose, Purnananda Sanyal, Manindra Nath Choudhury, Saroj Ranjan Das Kanungo, Santi Gopal Sen, Sailesh Chandra Ghose, Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta etc. decided to assassinate him .[7] Ramkrishna Roy, Brajakishore Chakraborty, Nirmal Jibon Ghosh and Mrigendra Dutta[8] planned to shoot him dead while Burge was playing a football match ( Bradley-Birt football tournament) named by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt at the police grounds of Midnapore.[9][10] Burge, during the half time of the football match in Police parade ground was killed on 2 September 1933 by them. Anathbandhu was killed instantly by the body guard of the DM and Mrigen Dutta died in the hospital on the next day. Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta was acquitted on murder charge of the district magistrate of Midnapore,[11][12][13][14]

Death

He was hanged on 25 October 1934 along with Ramkrishna Roy for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge.[15][16]

References
  1. P. N.CHOPRA, VOL.I (2013). Who's Who of Indian Martyrs. New Delhi: Ministry of information and broadcasting. p. 61. ISBN 9788123021805.
  2. http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019
  3. Vol I, Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 297. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
  4. Ujjwal Kumar Singh (2009). Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 9789352801626.
  5. "Historic Day". Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  6. S. N. Sen (1997). History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947). New Age International. ISBN 9788122410495. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  7. MADHUMANTI SENGUPTA (January 1, 2016). বেঙ্গল ভলান্টিয়ার. Kolkata: Ananda Publishers. ISBN 978-9389876772.
  8. "Emperor vs Nirmal Jiban Ghose And Ors. on 30 August, 1934". Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  9. "Midnapore Central Correctional Home". wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  10. Kali Charan Ghosh (2012). Chronological Dictionary of India's Independence. Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-86806-20-3.
  11. "-Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore". Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  12. Volume 9 (1990). Rammanohar Lohia. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788171002511. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  13. Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  14. Durba Ghosh (20 July 2017). Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107186668. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  15. "Assassination Of Mr.B.E.J.Burge,I.C.S." Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  16. Srikrishan 'Sarala' (1999). Indian Revolutionaries 1757-1961 (Vol-4): A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961. New Delhi: Ocean Books. ISBN 9788187100157.
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