Aswini Choudhury (1912–40): Was a part of the Telephone Bhavan wrecking team on the night of the CAR; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; returned home and was arrested in connection with the CAR Case; acquitted and rearrested immediately under the Bengal Ordinance until 1937; suffered a head injury while in jail which cost him his sight; he died three years later.
Aswini Guha: This twenty-five-year-old was arrested in April 1931 on the charge of helping absconders; moved around to many jails; finally declared mad and sent to the asylum at Ranchi where he died in 1934.
Aswini Kumar Bhattacharya: Headmaster, Collegiate School.
Badal: A member of the Bengal Volunteers, Sudhir Gupta of BBD trio was involved in the shoot-out at Writers’ Building and was said to be the one who killed Colonel N.S. Simpson.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay: Author of Anandomoth and the song ‘Bande Mataram’.
Barindra Ghose: (Barin) Was the younger brother of Aurobindo Ghose and the founder of the Bengal movement.
B.C. Roy (Dr): Mayor of Calcutta.
Beni Choudhury and Dhiren Das: The local guides who had brought Kali Kinkar De and Tarakeshwar Dastidar from the Amiable Shelter at Habilash Dwip to the rendezvous spot by the pukur on the night of the Gairala encounter when Surjya Sen was arrested.
Benoy Krishna Basu: A member of the Bengal Volunteers; killed Mr Lowman at the Dacca Mitford Hospital; committed suicide after the attack on Writers’ Building as part of the BBD trio, which claimed Colonel Simpson’s life.
Benu Ghoshal (1917–90): Younger brother of Jibon Ghoshal; was introduced at the behest of Ananta Lal Singh by Ardhendu Guha in 1931; helped Kalpana Dutt in the Dynamite Conspiracy after Ardhendu Guha was held back in jail; funded the revolutionaries with money without his father’s knowledge; researched areas that were to be mined; was arrested and held for three years.
Bhabatosh Bhattacharya (1913–48): Was the son of Bipin Bhattacharya, the Hindu priest at the Sadarghat Kali Bari; took part in the CAR and the Battle of Jalalabad; his brother Ashutosh was arrested; after eight months of remaining in hiding he left with Haripada Mahajan and went to Burma; was helped by Haripada Mahajan’s family contacts; was joined by Sudhangshu Basu some four years later. Burma was occupied by the Japanese in 1942, the British fled and Haripada Mahajan died the same year. In 1945 the British retook Burma and offered to help the Indians in Burma return home and Bhabatosh and Sudhangshu availed the opportunity; the family took a while to recognize them and in a few days they were taken to jail. However, the situation was no longer conducive to carry out a trial and they were released.
Bhola Nath Chatterji: Was a part of the Indo-German conspiracy during WWI.
Bhola: See Apurva Sen.
Bhupen Dutt (Bhupendra Kumar Dutt) (b. 8 October 1894, d. 29 December 1979): Led the Kolkata team of Jugantar; took charge of Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ananda Prasad Gupta and Jibon Ghoshal in Kolkata and moved them to Chandannagar; was arrested in 1930 and kept in jail for eight years; elected as an MP in Pakistan, before serving as an MLA; returned to India in 1962; wrote the biography of Joteen Mookerjee.
Bidhu Bhushan Bhattacharya (Bidhu): A youth from Kumilla who graduated from Chittagong Medical College with a gold medal; took part in the CAR; was in the team that had gone to attack the European Club; died at Jalalabad.
Bidhu Bhushan Sen (1910–93): Was a Saroatali High School student and was introduced by Tarakeshwar Dastidar to Surjya Sen who gave him the responsibility of the Cox’s Bazar group of revolutionaries; he introduced Nirmal Lala, the youngest martyr of the Battle of Jalalabad; was a part of the police line attack team on the night of the CAR; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; since he was not known to the police he was sent back to Cox’s Bazar; he was arrested and brought to Chattogram Jail but was released for lack of evidence; went into hiding and got back in touch with Surjya Sen; helped Ardhendu Guha keep in touch with Surjya Sen during the Dynamite Conspiracy; was arrested again under the Bengal Ordinance and held without trial; joined the Communist Party and settled in East Pakistan which later became Bangladesh.
Bimal Dasgupta: He and Jatijiban Ghose of the Bengal Volunteers murdered James Peddie, district magistrate of Medinipur on 7 April 1931. Kanai Bhattacharya pretended to be Bimal Dasgupta and shot dead R.R. Garlick, district and sessions judge of Alipore and then committed suicide. Bimal was arrested when he tried shooting Mr Villiers on 29 October 1931.
Bina Das: A student of the Diocesan College who shot at Sir Stanley Jackson during a convocation ceremony in 1932.
Binod Bihari Choudhury (b. 1911): Took part in the police line attack on the night of the CAR; took part and was injured in the Battle of Jalalabad; went into hiding in Dhaka; was arrested on 18 August 1933 but as there was no evidence to connect him to the CAR or the other cases he was detained under the Bengal Ordinance until 1938; got a law degree while in jail; joined the Congress; was personal secretary to Nellie Sengupta; settled in Chattogram which became first a part of East Pakistan and is now a part of Bangladesh.
Binod Bihari Dutt (1908–98): Introduced by Kalipada Chakraborty in 1926 while he was still a schoolboy; was a part of the police line attack team on the night of the CAR; took part and was grievously injured in the Battle of Jalalabad and was taken to his sister’s house in Fatehabad by Kali Kinkar De; regained his health and contacted Surjya Sen within two months; carried a reward of Rs 1,000/- on his head; was with Tarakeshwar Dastidar (Phutu) when they were chased by Sub-inspector Sashank Bhattacharya whom Tarakeshwar eventually killed … according to Chattogram Yuva-Vidroha 1930–34 Aalokmela, published by Biplob Teerth Chattogram Smriti Sansthan Prakashan, Shaheed Surya Sen Bhavan. (However, Ananta Lal Singh says it was Biren De who was with Tarakeshwar Dastidar during the incident and gives the date as 31 March 31.) Surjya Sen made him the head of the Noakhali zila; was a part of original plan in which he and a few others would lob hand bombs at the crowd and give Haripada the chance to enter the ring that surrounded Ahsanulla – this plan however failed; guided Sailesh Ray in the murder of the police superintendent of Kumilla, Mr Ellison; became the IRA leader after Tarakeshwar Dastidar; masterminded the cricket ground attack of 7 January 1934 as a protest against the sentences pronounced for Surjya Sen and Tarakeshwar Dastidar.
Binodini Sen (1894–1986): Mother of Rajat Sen; donated her ornaments and money for the cause; allowed the youngsters to take her husband’s rifle and practise shooting; permitted the leaders to use the rooms upstairs for their meetings while she remained on guard; permitted Rajat to take away his father’s rifle two or three days before the CAR; the rifle was discovered at the armoury which led to her husband’s arrest; gave refuge to Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ananda Prasad Gupta and Jibon Ghoshal on the night of 20 April 1930; had received Rajat and his companions on the night of 6 May 1930, the house had been raided that night and Rajat, Deboprasad, Swadesh and Monoranjan killed at the Kalarpol encounter; six months later Ananta Lal Singh had sent her a letter through Ardhendu Guha requesting her help in the Dynamite Conspiracy and she permitted Ardhendu Guha, Kalpana Dutt and Apurva Sen to use her house for manufacturing explosives; it was on her property that Kalpana Dutt fired a revolver for the first time; kept the three revolvers Surjya Sen had sent through Ardhendu Guha in safe keeping until they could be smuggled into jail; kept the trunk filled with bottles of acid that Kalpana had brought from Kolkata; gave Kalpana refuge the day she was chased by the police, but Kalpana had been arrested later that evening while trying to make her way back to Kattali village; then she lost touch with the revolutionaries and moved to Kolkata after independence and partition.
Binoy Kumar Sen (Binoy-da) (b. 1905): Participated in the AB Railway strike led by Deshpriya Jatindra Mohan Sengupta in 1921; took responsibility of the Raozan district, Noapara and Koyepara areas from 1924 to 1928 when the leaders were jailed under the Bengal Ordinance; taught in Koyepara School; did not take part in the CAR or the Battle of Jalalabad as he had been one of the first-rankers reserved for the second phase
; his home became Surjya Sen’s headquarters in the period immediately following the Battle of Jalalabad; with Ardhendu Dutt, Manindra Majumdar, Sachindra Prasad Sen, he moved between the villages and districts, building up teams and coordinating plans for guerrilla warfare; arrested on 30 October 1931; released in 1938; joined the Communist Party; lived on in Chattogram after independence and partition.
Bipin Bhattacharya: The purut at the Sadarghat Kali Bari and the father of Bhabatosh and Ashutosh.
Bipin Bihari Ghosh: Ganesh Ghosh’s father.
Biren De: See Birendra Krishna De.
Biren Duttagupta: Shot Shamsul Alam.
Birendra Krishna De (Biren De) (b. 1908, accidentally shot dead March 1931): Part of the Telephone Bhavan wrecking team on the night of the CAR; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; was with Tarakeshwar Dastidar (Phutu) when they were chased by Subinspector Sashank Bhattacharya whom Tarakeshwar eventually killed. (Chattogram Yuva-Vidroha 1930–34 Aalokmela, published by Biplob Teerth Chattogram Smriti Sansthan Prakashan, Shaheed Surya Sen Bhavan, says it was Binod Bihari Dutt and the date was 31 May 1931.) Biren took Surjya Sen to secret meetings; was accidentally shot during a firing practice which led to his death; was looked after by a notorious dacoit, Gagan Ghose, until he passed away and was buried on the banks of the Srimati River.
Bireshwar Roy (1913–91): Was introduced by Kalipada Chakraborty in 1927; was responsible for keeping the arms safe after the CAR and the Battle of Jalalabad; took part in the first failed attempt on the AB Railway Institute, Pahartali, led by Shaileshwar Chakraborty; took part in the second attempt on the AB Railway Institute, Pahartali, led by Pritilata Waddadar; was arrested in 1933 and held without trial until 1938; settled in Kolkata in independent India.
B.K. Banerjee: Of the Hindustan Republication Association; plotted the assassination of Tegart in 1927.
Bon Bihari Dutt (1911–94): Joined Surjya Sen’s group in 1926; organized the music session in the field to draw crowds away from the Congress office the day Tarakeshwar Dastidar and Ardhendu Shekhar Dastidar had been burnt in an explosion and were being evacuated; was a part of the police line attack team on the night of the CAR; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; was arrested in May but released within two months for lack of evidence; was arrested in September 1930 under the Bengal Ordinance and held without trial; passed his BA exams from within jail; joined the Communist Party after release; settled in Kolkata and worked in the Calcutta Corporation after independence and partition.
Brajendra Sen (Brajen) (1904–88): Was the contact in Gairala village who had fixed up the home of Niranjan and Khirodprabha Biswas for the next four days; he was Zamindar Netra Sen’s younger brother; he was arrested along with Surjya Sen on 16 February 1933 and identified his brother as the traitor; was satisfied that justice had been done when news arrived that Netra Sen had been beheaded; was sentenced to four years of hard labour; released in 1938; settled in Chattogram and was jailed for six years by the Government of East Pakistan.
Brajendralal Choudhury (b. 1917, committed suicide in jail in 1934): Was responsible for finding shelters for the revolutionaries and for Surjya Sen; was arrested on 7 February 1933; was unable to withstand the torture in jail and committed suicide.
Chandra Shekhar-da: Gave the Chittagong boys swimming lessons.
Chandrashekhar De: Had been involved in the Rajabazaar Bomb case; he had then reformed and tried to get Ananta Lal Singh to confess about the Paraikora dacoity.
Charu Bikash Dutt (b. 1895): Was amongst the first-ranker leaders along with Surjya Sen in 1918; he broke away from Surjya Sen’s group and joined Anushilan; was arrested under the Bengal Ordinance in 1932 and was released in 1938; joined the Congress party.
Chittaranjan Das or C.R. Das (Deshbandhu): Started his career with the successful defence of Aurobindo Ghose in the 1909 Alipore Bomb Case. In December 1922, a faction of the Indian National Congress, unhappy with Gandhi-ji’s suspension of all civil resistance after the Chauri Chaura incident, formed the Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party with Das as the president and Motilal Nehru as one of the secretaries. Other prominent members were Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Subhas Chandra Bose and Vithalbhai Patel, whose younger brother – Vallabhbhai – remained with the No Changers who had accepted Gandhi-ji’s proposal. With C.R. Das’s death and Nehru’s return to the mainstream Congress, the Swaraj Party lost its steam. Before his death, C.R. Das gifted his house and lands to the nation on which Chittaranjan Seva Sadan – a women’s hospital was built.
Dalil Rehman: Surjya Sen’s student who carried Surjya Sen’s letters to his wife; carried the AB Railway dacoity loot to Kolkata along with Ambika Chakraborty.
Deben De (Khoka): Took part in the first attempt to kill Sir Charles Tegart in Kolkata; came away from Kolkata with Ananta Lal Singh; stayed in the Suluk Bahar house and took part in AB Railway dacoity; escaped after the battle on Nagarkhana Hill; was arrested under the Bengal Ordinance of 1930; died in a motor accident in independent India.
Deboprasad Gupta (called Debu by his friends, Khoka by his parents and Dada by Ananda Prasad Gupta): Second-year student of Chattogram College; involved with manufacturing explosives; the study room used by the two brothers had been converted into a lab; their home provided shelters for revolutionaries on the run and the woods behind their house served as a training ground to practise firing; was a part of the police line attack team on the night of 18 April 1930 according to Chattogram Yuva-Vidroha 1930 –34 Aalokmela, published by Biplob Teerth Chattogram Smriti Sansthan Prakashan, Shaheed Surya Sen Bhavan, but according to Ananta Lal Singh, he was a part of the European Club attack team; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; preferred to commit suicide instead of surrendering in the Kalarpol encounter; regretted he had been unable to kill Mr Lowman even as he lay dying.
Deenbandhu Majumdar: Kali Kinkar De’s mama; took part in the first failed attempt on the AB Railway Institute at Pahartali.
Dhiren Das: A revolutionary who was supposed to help Ananta Lal Singh and the boys escape from jail after the Dynamite Conspiracy. He was supposed to wait at an appointed site with a truck to drive them to the river front.
Dhirendra Lal Dastidar (Dhiren): Had lent his rifle for the CAR, which had been left behind at Ganesh Ghosh’s house. Though Dhiren had not participated in the actual armoury raid and the subsequent encounters, he had been arrested and kept in jail for two years; he was acquitted for lack of evidence; eventually settled in Burma having taken up the Sikh faith and assumed the name Ranjit Singh.
Dhirendralal Barua: A schoolboy from Jeshtapur village who was arrested in 1931 for helping the absconders; he died after a beating in Chittagong Jail.
Dinesh Chakraborty (b. 1912): Was involved in distributing pamphlets on the night of the CAR; hid Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ananda Prasad Gupta and Jibon Ghoshal in his brother’s house in the Railway Quarters in Chittagong on the night of 21 April 1930 and helped them leave for Kolkata; was responsible for sending news that the raid had been successful to pamphlet distribution teams waiting in the city both times during the first unsuccessful raid on the AB Railway Institute at Pahartali led by Shaileshwar Chakraborty and the second successful raid led by Pritilata Waddadar; arrested in November 1932 and held under the Bengal Ordinance until 1938.
Dinesh Chandra Majumdar: Of the Jugantar Party; attempted to assassinate Sir Charles Tegart in Dalhousie Square by throwing bombs at his car.
Dinesh Dasgupta (b. 1911): Joined the group while still a student in the Chattogram Municipal School but became actively involved in the second phase when he helped the absconders by arranging for money and shelters; when Sachindra Prasad Sengupta (Maan-da) the area in-charge for Chattogram city went into hiding, Dinesh took over the responsibility; he had arranged for the Dhalghat shelter; was arrested after the raid on Dhalghat and was sentenced to four years of hard labour; was sentenced to an additional year of hard labour for having disobeyed jail rules and sent to the Cellular Jail in the Andamans; participated in the hunger strike of 193
2; released in 1938; joined the Congress Socialist Party and later the Lok Dal; spent his last years looking after the welfare of the tribes of Bengal.
Dinesh Gupta: Of the Bengal Volunteers; was the lone survivor of the BBD trio. He was sentenced to execution by Judge Garlick.
Diptimedha Choudhury (b. 1914): Took part in the CAR; was sent from Badulla Pahar along with Amarendra Nandi to contact Ananta Lal Singh and Ganesh Ghosh but by the time they had returned, the revolutionary army had moved on and as a result they lost touch; he was arrested and served for five years as a political prisoner.
Dr Bagla Chakraborty: A doctor who treated Ambika Chakraborty after Jalalabad.
Dr G.S. Bose: Lecturer on abnormal psychology at Calcutta University gave expert comments in Gopi Nath Saha’s case.
Dr Jagada Ranjan Biswas: The doctor who treated Ram Krishna Biswas, Ardhendu Dastidar and Tarakeshwar Dastidar for burn injuries. Ananta Lal Singh refers to him on one occasion as as Dr Jagada Sarkar.
Dr Narain Chandra Roy: Came in to treat Ananta Lal Singh in Chandannagar; manufactured bombs; was arrested and given transportation for life; carried a trunk filled with study material for the boys in the Cellular Jail in Andamans.
Durgadas Dutt Gupta, Rai Bahadur: Kalpana Dutt’s grandfather.
Durgakripa Biswas: Ram Krishna’s father.
Dwijendranath Dastidar (Dwijen; Shonkhu) (1911–82): Was a student of Chattogram College when he was introduced to Surjya Sen by Kalipada Chakraborty in 1929; was a part of the telegraph and telephone office wrecking team on the night of the CAR; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; since he was not a known revolutionist in the eyes of the police he left for Kolkata and passed his IA from Vidyasagar College; was arrested in May 1932 under the Bengal Ordinance; released in 1938; joined the Forward Block; died in independent India.
Fakir Chandra Sen (Bengali records say Sengupta) (1915–93): Was recruited by Bidhu Bhattacharya in 1928; was part of the police line attack team on the night of the CAR; was sent from the hills to collect news in Fatehabad and was unable to return; was arrested within a few days; confessed initially but retracted his statement later; was punched in the nose by B.J. Shooter; sent to Andamans but granted clemency; released in 1938; passed his BA from the Kanungo-para College; settled in Kolkata after independence and partition and worked in the Calcutta Corporation.
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