Banerjee Bimalpada: Chinsura police inspector who gave evidence in the Chandannagar case.
Barraclough: The gunner who fired a Lewis gun from the roof of the waterworks building on to the police lines.
Bartley F.D.: Police officer who accompanied Tegart to Chandannagar; analysed the Dalhousie Square Bomb Case.
Barua Jarasandha: District Magistrate Wilkinson’s orderly who died on 18 April 1930.
Barua P.K.: Beat constable at Kalarpol.
Barua Pratul Chandra (sub-inspector): Was sent by Johnson to inform Wilkinson of the attack on the police lines.
Bennet: The handwriting expert.
Bhattacharya Sashank (detective inspector): Killed by Tarakeshwar Dastidar at the Barma village encounter.
Bhattacharya Sharada (IB inspector): Warned Jogendramohan Gupta that his sons Deboprasad and Ananda Prasad were mixing with undesirable company; was threatened by Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Bal, Jibon Ghoshal and Naresh Ray and warned against picking on their group of boys; tried to influence Sarada Seel, Monoranjan Sen and Bhabatosh Bhattacharya into becoming informers; was cross-examined by J.K. Ghoshal and Sarat Chandra Bose during the trial.
Bhowmik Rohini (sub-inspector): Tried to influence Sarada Seel into becoming an informer and took him to Inspector Sharada Bhattacharya’s house; was present at the Kalarpol encounter.
Bhowmik Sachin: DIB officer who raided Rajat Sen’s home.
Bikash Sukhendu: Public prosecutor’s assistant in the CAR Case.
Blackburn (sergeant): Who discovered the AFI armoury being raided and ran towards Pahartali; was picked up by Police Superintendent Johnson.
Bliss: Agent of the Assam Bengal Railway and the most prominent of civilians in Chittagong.
Bloomfield: European warder who helped smuggle explosives and material into jail for the Dynamite Conspiracy.
Bose Monoranjan (sub-inspector): Went with Cameron to Dhalghat.
Buckland (lieutenant colonel): Posted to Chittagong to maintain peace and order.
Burke: Taitt’s successor at the AFI.
Burman Braj Bihari (DSP): Police officer who led the Nagarkhana Hill battle.
Burnett Alexander: Tea planter and trooper in the SVLH who took part in the Battle of Jalalabad.
Burt: Superintendent of Narayangunj River Police.
Cameron (captain of the2/8 Gurkha Regiment): Was killed at the Dhalghat raid by Nirmal Sen.
Cassells: John Younie’s first boss in India who was shot and injured by a revolutionist.
Chatterji Basanta Kumar: Deputy superintendent in Kolkata; a bomb had been thrown in his house in November 1914 during a meeting in which Tegart was present; was killed by terrorists in 1916.
Chatterji Bhupendranath (Rai Bahadur): Special superintendent of police, Intelligence Branch, in Kolkata, killed by the inmates of Alipore Jail during an official visit in 1926.
Chatterji Srigyan (Gyan Babu): Jail superintendent and doctor.
Chaudhury Lalit Mohan (beat constable): At Kalarpol.
Chrissie: The nanny who worked for the Younies.
Cleary M.F. (superintendent of police, Chittagong): At cricket ground encounter.
Colson Lionel H.: Judged Donovan’s gladioli as the best flowers in Barisal, deputy inspector general, Intelligence Bureau, West Bengal; practised shooting with Tegart on the rooftop; visited Chittagong in March 1930 and warned the police about an upcoming revolutionary uprising; interviewed Ananta Lal Singh on his surrender; succeeded Tegart as police commissioner of Bengal.
Costello: Chief Justice in 1929; was twice president of the Bengal Flying Club. He was later a member of the tribunal that tried the sensational Bhawal Sanyasi Case.
Craig: Succeeded Lowman as IG Police and was Ram Krishna’s target, but Inspector Tarini Mukherji was shot instead by mistake.
Cullen: A civilian in Chittagong Cumming (Mrs): Her husband was in charge of the steamer service.
Das Jogendra (sub-inspector): Present at Kalarpol.
Das S.R.: The advocate general who had facilitated the meeting between Tegart and Gandhi in 1925.
Day Earnest: Businessman killed by Gopi Nath Saha.
De Chandra Kumar (constable): Gave a statement in the Amarendra Nandi case.
De Umesh Chandra (DIB sub-inspector): Caught Sailesh Ray outside Chittagong Jail.
Denham Godfrey Charles: Sir Charles Tegart’s colleague in the police service.
Deverell C.J. (lieutenant general): The officiating chief of army staff at the time of the CAR.
Dewan Siddique (sub-inspector): Had accompanied Gaffur to the residence of Mr Johnson to give news of the presence of the raiders on Badulla Hill; another of Rajat Sen’s football buddies;
Khan Bahadur Ahsanulla’s blue-eyed boy and captain of the football team; attacked Haripada Bhattacharya after the murder of Ahsanulla.
Dey Prasanna K.: Kalarpol beat constable.
Donovan John: District magistrate and collector of Barisal; John Younie left his family with Donovan when he first came to Chittagong; congratulated Younie on the birth of his son; was on the terrorist hit list and was sent back to Britain; was a good friend of Sir Charles Tegart.
Durno L.G.: Was then the collector at Krishnanagar; when district magistrate of Dhaka, he was shot by Ramen Bhowmik who had been guided by Saroj Kanti Guha.
Dutt Som: Jail superintendent at Hijli Central Jail.
Ellison: Police superintendent of Kumilla; was killed by Sailesh Ray.
Emery: Oecken’s successor at the Imperial Bank; Burma golf champion in 1929.
Eric Hodson: The police superintendent of Dhaka; was shot and injured at the Dacca Mitford Hospital grounds in the same incident in which Lowman was killed.
Farmer J.C.: Was deputed to the IARO and made responsible for raising a Bengali regiment during WW I; was deputy inspector general, Bakarganj range, during the armoury raid; was with Police Superintendent Johnson on the roof of the waterworks building on the night of 18 April 1930; took part in the Battle of Jalalabad; was a part of the Kalarpol encounter.
Farrell (sergeant major): Was shot dead during the AFI armoury raid.
Farrell: A civilian in Chittagong; was amongst the civilians who met Mr Wilkinson at the Piccadilly Junction on the night of 18 April 1930; had dinner with John Younie and Ricardo Richardson in January 1932.
Ferera J.B.: the Anglo-Indian guard on the train to Feni who pointed out Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ananda Prasad Gupta and Jibon Ghoshal to the police at Feni railway station.
Finney: A police officer who went to Chandannagar with Tegart.
Francis: Civilian who helped douse the fire at the AFI.
Fullerton (vice admiral): On board the Effingham.
Gaffur Abdul: A peasant who gave information about swadeshis being present on Jalalabad Hill.
Garlick R.R.: District and sessions judge of Alipore court who tried the Dalhousie Square Bomb Case; sentenced Dinesh Gupta of BBD trio to death for the murder of Col Simpson; was assassinated in his court. A letter signed as Bimal Dasgupta accused him of the unjust hanging of Dinesh Gupta but the actual killer was Kanai Bhattacharya.
Gascoigne Julian: ADC to Stanley Jackson.
Ghose Asvini: The stationmaster who informed the police that four suspicious youths had boarded the train to Laksham on the night of 22 April 1930.
Ghose Heramba (inspector): Was present at Kalarpol.
Ghose Jogendra (constable): Was held by the revolutionaries at the police lines on the night of 18 April 1930 and was released just before the armoury was set on fire.
Goldfrap: The colonel of the Mahrattas commanding the military forces posted to Chittagong.
Gordon A.G. (DIG): Succeeded Farmer.
Gupta Dhirendra Mohan: Deputy magistrate involved in the Kalarpol case.
Gupta Hem (sub-inspector): Rajat Sen’s football buddy; escorted the informer, who had news of the presence of revolutionaries in Jalalabad, to Chittagong to meet Mr Johnson; present at the Battle of Jalalabad and helped with th
e cremation the next day; present at Kalarpol and gave an eyewitness account at court.
Gupta Jogendra (DIB inspector): Kept an eye on Kalpana Dutt.
Haig H.G.: Home member of the Government of India in 1933.
Hailey Malcolm: Governor of Punjab, 1924–28; governor of UP, 1928–30.
Hallet M.G.: Home secretary in 1933.
Halliday Frank: Police commissioner of Bengal before Tegart.
Hands H.S.: District magistrate, Chittagong, who eventually saw the capture of Surjya Sen; a golf blue; had pressed for a fine of Rs 80,000/-.
Haq Abdul (Khan Bahadur): The Muslim member of the CAR Case tribunal (with Younie).
Hardinge Lord: Viceroy of India, 1910–16.
Hemmins: Witnessed the Dalhousie Square bomb blast.
Hicks V.W.F.: Became superintendent of police in Chittagong after Mr Wright committed suicide.
Hicks W.B.: Additional police superintendent; superintendent and jail super; later special superintendent. His initials have been mentioned as W.B. or W.V. Possibly he is the same V.W.F. Hicks who succeeded Mr Wright and petitioned the courts in the Supplementary Armoury Raid Case Trial as quoted in Mahanayak Surjya Sen Chattogram Biplob Pratham Khand, p. 180, by Ananta Lal Singh.
Hicks: Reached Pahartali club raid site led by Pritilata.
Hoare Samuel: Secretary of State for India.
Ila Devi: Princess, the eldest daughter of the Maharani of Cooch Bihar.
Irwin: Viceroy of India, 1926–31.
Jackson Julia: Wife of Stanley Jackson.
Jackson Stanley Francis (Jackers): Governor of Bengal from 1927 to 1932.
Janvrin: A police officer who went to Chandannagar with Tegart.
Johnson Jean: Wife of Police Superintendent J.R. Johnson.
Johnson J.R.: Police superintendent of Chittagong during the armoury raid.
Johnstone: A police officer who went to Chandannagar with Tegart.
Johur: John Younie’s butler.
Kapur (major): New civil surgeon posted to Chittagong; John Younie and Captain Taitt seconded his membership to the club.
Keen (major): The officer commanding the 1/9 Royal Jats that carried out the Gohira encounter in which Kalpana Dutt and Tarakeshwar Dastidar were captured.
Kelly (sergeant): Raided Rajat Sen’s home; kicked Kalarpol Shaheed Monoranjan Sen’s old father to death.
Kemm: Collector and district magistrate of Chittagong who succeeded Wilkinson.
Kennedy Angus (of 2/8 Gurkhas): Posted to Chittagong; went to investigate the Pahartali Railway Institute bomb attack site, the one that had been led by Pritilata.
Keywood (sergeant): Went with Tegart to Chandannagar; gave evidence in court.
Khan Subah: Sir Charles Augustus Tegart’s driver.
Khatri Kesh Bahadur (rifleman of 2/9 Gurkhas): Caught Brajen Sen.
Khatri Man Bahadur (rifleman of 2/9 Gurkhas): Caught Surjya Sen.
Khatri Nar Singh (lance naik of 2/9 Gurkhas): Caught Brajen Sen.
Kishori Babu (inspector of police): Let Lokenath go at the railway station.
Kumar Babu: Who took Ananta Lal Singh into the IB office at 13, Lord Sinha Street.
Le Brocq: A police officer who went to Chandannagar with Tegart.
Leishman A.R.: the president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce.
Leonard: Officer of the Mahratta Regiment posted to Chittagong; south India golf champion.
Lewis (ASP): Took charge of the revolutionaries on their way from Chittagong Jail to court and back, was part of the Battle of Jalalabad, the Kalarpol encounter and the vengeance wreaked upon Chittagong following the Ahsanulla murder.
Lodge: The district and sessions judge at Chittagong during the armoury raids; he was succeeded by John Younie. He was later a member of the tribunal that tried the sensational Bhawal Sanyasi Case.
Lowman Francis John: Inspector general of police who interviewed Ananta Lal Singh after his surrender; was assassinated by Benoy Krishna Basu on the grounds of Dacca Mitford Hospital.
Lytton (Lord): Governor of Bengal before Sir Stanley Jackson.
MacDonald Ramsay: Prime minister of Britain.
Maitra: Dr Sheldon’s second-in-command of bomb disposal.
Majumdar Nalini (Rai Bahadur): Special superintendent no. 3 of the Intelligence Branch; was a distant relative of Sukumar Biswas, the nephew of Premananda, and tried to influence him to betray Ananta Lal Singh; Ananta Lal Singh was brought to his office when he surrendered; escaped an attempt on his life during his daughter’s wedding by refusing to come out of his room.
Majumdar Pulin Bihari: Assistant stationmaster of Feni; witnessed the interrogation of Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Jibon Ghoshal and Ananda Prasad Gupta and their subsequent escape.
Majumdar Ramani (sub-inspector): Took notes during the Congress Assembly in May 1929.
Martin (Mrs): Congratulated Younie on the birth of his son.
Matilal (havaldar): Led entire Potiya detachment of thirty-five sipahis for Gairala encounter in which Surjya Sen was captured.
McDonald (inspector of police): Present during Kalarpol; wounded in the AB Railway Institute Pahartali raid carried out by Pritilata Waddadar.
McKinty: Police officer at Kolkata who went to Chandannagar with Tegart; later intelligence chief of Bengal police.
Mills: Special Branch officer at Kolkata.
Minto (Lord): Viceroy of India, 1905–10.
Monk: Built the bridge over the Karnaphuli.
Mookerjee Rajendranath (Sir): Patron of the Bengal Flying Club who hosted the inauguration lunch.
Moore Arthur: Supported the establishment of the Bengal Club.
Morsehead (sergeant): Who went into the AFI armoury on the night of the CAR and thought Lokenath Bal was Captain Taitt; narrowly missed being shot.
Mukherji Tarini (inspector): Mistaken for IG Police Craig and shot by Ram Krishna Biswas at the Chandpur railway station.
Nag Sanjiv Chandra: The sub-inspector of the reserve forces at the police lines who informed Johnson and Farmer of the attack; met Johnson, Farmer and Barraclough as they walked across the maidan to the waterworks building; the same line babu whose son had taken Ananta Lal Singh and Ganesh Ghosh on a tour of the police lines.
Nangle: Officer of Eastern Frontier Rifles who took part in the attack on Chittagong as revenge for Ahsanulla’s murder.
Nelson: Commissioner of Chittagong who investigated the riots that followed the assassination of Khan Bahadur Ahsanulla.
Nixon John: ICS officer who shared the chummery with Sir Charles Tegart.
Oecken: Played golf with John Younie.
Peddie James: District magistrate of Midnapore who was murdered by Bimal Dasgupta.
Petrie David: Director of Criminal Intelligence in India. He was appointed head of MI5 by Churchill just before World War II.
Polly: Played golf with John Younie.
Prentice William (Sir): Chief secretary; later Home member of the executive council of the Government of Bengal.
Provan: A civilian who helped douse the fire at the AFI.
R (Mrs): Wife of Ricardo Richardson.
Rahim Abdur (sub-inspector): Verified information about the presence of revolutionaries on Jalalabad Hill; took part in the Kalarpol encounter.
Rai Jatindra Mohan (sub-inspector) (Jatin Babu): Caught Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Ananda Prasad Gupta and Jibon Ghoshal at Feni; Haran’s mama; was wounded by Ananta Lal Singh.
Rai S.N. (SDO): Came to visit Ananta Lal Singh in Chittagong Jail.
Ramsbotham: Congratulated Younie on the birth of his son.
Rand: Poona’s plague commissioner.
Rankin John (Sir): Chief Justice.
Rehman Fazlur (sub-inspector): Of the Panchalaish Thana; was present at Kalarpol.
Reid: Commissioner of Chittagong who succeeded Nelson.
Reid: Chief secretary.
Richardson Ricardo: Head of the National Bank.
Robinson (captain): Commander of the Surma Valley Light Hors
e.
Rochfort: Played golf with John Younie.
Roxburg: Chief presidency magistrate.
Roy Prafulla (sub-inspector): Who arrested Ananta Lal Singh in 1924; was murdered by Premananda.
Sarkar Bhujang (inspector): Failed to recognize Ananta Lal Singh as he drove out of the intelligence office at 13, Lord Sinha Street.
Satish Chandra Rai Bahadur: Ananta Lal Singh’s father’s friend before whom Prafulla Roy gave his dying declaration.
Sattar Abdul (Khan Bahadur): Public prosecutor in the CAR Case.
Scott: The telegraph deputy superintendent who ran out with his rifle as soon as he heard of the attack on the Telephone Bhavan and Telegraph Exchange.
Sen Amarendra Nath (A.N. Sen): Who took over the post of judge at Krishnanagar from John Younie; tried the Dynamite Conspiracy Case.
Sen Manmatha (Rai Bahadur) (Deputy Superintendent of Police): who offered the deal to Ananta Lal Singh, Ganesh Ghosh and Lokenath Bal – there would be no hanging if they permitted the case to proceed and did not indulge in any more conspiracies.
Sharpe W. McC.: President of the tribunal who, with his colleagues R.K. Ghose and Khondakar Ali Taib, tried Surjya Sen, Tarakeshwar Dastidar and Kalpana Dutt.
Sheldon: Chief inspector of explosives.
Shooter B.J.: ASP at Chittagong; present at the Battle of Jalalabad; instrumental in wrecking vengeance upon Chittagong after the assassination of Khan Bahadur Ahsanulla; committed suicide on 23 January 1932.
Simpson N.S. (colonel): Ex-IMS, inspector general of prisons; was murdered by the BBD trio.
Smith Dallas (colonel): In Eastern Frontier Rifles.
Sovan Abdul: Sergeant Major J.W. Farrell’s butler.
Spears: A mercantile marine officer who witnessed the Dalhousie Square bomb blast.
Spencer: Police officer who went to Chandannagar with Tegart.
Springfield (additional superintendent of police): Was in charge of the Intelligence Branch in Chittagong when Surjya Sen was caught; struck Surjya Sen on the chest with his revolver.
Stephenson Hugh: Governor of Bengal in 1925.
Stevens C.B.J.: District magistrate and collector at Kumilla who was shot dead by Shanti and Suniti.
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