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Bipin Chandra Pal turned to revolution
to awaken the spirit of patriotism
Born: 7th November 1858
Died: 20th May 1932
BIPIN CHANDRA
PAL DID A LOT
OF WORK FOR
SWADESHI, POVERTY
ALLEVIATION AND
EDUCATION. HE
ALSO BROUGHT
OUT SEVERAL
NEWSPAPERS
DURING HIS
LIFETIME.
ne of the Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirates who strikes and lockouts of British factories. During
played a major role in shaping the Indian these movements, Bipin Chandra came in
Ofreedom movement, Bipin Chandra Pal contact with many eminent and well-known
was a nationalist leader as well as a teacher, Bengali leaders who preached an extremist form
journalist, writer and an accomplished orator. of nationalism and who believed in carrying
He is also considered the father of revolutionary out revolutionary activities in India. They were
ideas in India. Born on 7th November 1858 strongly opposed to peaceful protests like the
in Poil village of Sylhet district of present- non-cooperation movement. He espoused the
day Bangladesh, Bipin Chandra Pal was a cause for indigenous goods and boycott of
revolutionary and courageous person from foreign goods. This is the reason that he did a
childhood. It is believed that he became very lot of work for Swadeshi, poverty alleviation
close to Keshav Chandra and Shivnath Shastri and education. When the British arrested Bal
when he was associated with the Brahmo Gangadhar Tilak in 1907, Bipin Chandra Pal went
Samaj. Bipin Chandra joined the Congress in to England and joined India House there. He
1886. When the British partitioned Bengal in also brought out several newspapers, the most
1905, a revolutionary group led by Lala Lajpat prominent being Paridarsak (Bengali weekly,
Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra 1886), New India (English weekly, 1902) and
Pal was formed, which strongly opposed this Vande Mataram (Bengali daily, 1906). He also
partition. A large number of people joined this started a magazine called Swaraj. Bipin Chandra
movement. The group espoused revolutionary died on 20th May 1932. The Central Government
methods like boycotting British goods and is trying relentlessly to follow his ideas of
shops, burning western clothes, and advocating Swadeshi, poverty alleviation and education.
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