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India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
JATINDRA MOHAN SENGUPTA DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE
FREEDOM MOVEMENT, BREATHED HIS LAST IN JAIL
Born: 22 February 1885, Death: 23 July 1933 Sengupta was one of Bapu's
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta was born in a landlord close associates
family of Chittagong (present-day Bangladesh),
India. His father Jatra Mohan Sengupta was a He also participated in the Civil Disobedience
lawyer and a member of the Bengal Legislative Movement. Jatindra was always there to defend
Council. After passing from nationalist revolutionaries from the gallows or jails.
Presidency College in Kolkata, He also went to England to attend the Round Table
he went to England in 1904 for Conference in 1931. Jatindra Mohan married an
further studies. However, there English woman. His wife's real name was Edith Ellen
was a burning desire in his Gray who changed her name to Nelly Sengupta after
heart to serve the nation. When marriage.
Mahatma Gandhi started the Nelly Sengupta despite being a foreigner, devoted
non-cooperation movement, her life to free India from the British. It is said that
Jatindra Mohan left his legal during the freedom struggle, Nelly sold Khadi from
practice to participate in the door to door. Nelly was also appointed president
movement. Known as 'Deshpriya', Sengupta soon of Congress. Jatindra died in Ranchi Jail at the
emerged as the pro-labor voice in the country.
age of 48.
MANIRAM DEWAN: LEFT HIS JOB FROM ASSAM TEA
COMPANY, TO JOIN THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT
Born: 17 April 1806, Martyr's Day: 26 February 1858
Dewan, who fought the British
Maniram Dewan was one of the great freedom along with the King of Assam,
fighters from Assam, who laid down his life for was hanged in Jorhat Jail.
the independence of the country. He emerged
as an inspiration for many people in the freedom to re-establish the old dynasty of Assam, the
struggle. Born on 17 April 1806, Maniram Dutta, Ahom. He immediately urged the king to revolt
popularly known as Maniram Dewan, was a against the British with the help of the soldiers
freedom fighter as well as a big businessman. He of Dibrugarh and Golaghat. King Kandarpeswar
was the first to set up tea gardens in Assam and Singha hatched a plot with his loyal people and
in 1839 the British appointed him as the Dewan also collected a stockpile of weapons, but the
of the Assam Tea Company. However, he left British came to know about it. The king, Maniram,
this job in 1840 due to differences with the British and other leaders were taken into custody and
authorities. Later he opened his own tea garden. kept in Jorhat jail. In this case, the British found
During this period resentment was growing Maniram guilty of conspiracy and hanged him
against the British. Meanwhile, in the 1850s, along with another freedom fighter, Pyali Barua, in
Maniram turned against the British, and on May Jorhat jail on 26 February 1858. In a 1963 movie
10, 1857, when Indian soldiers rebelled against based on the life of Maniram, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
the British, he considered it a golden opportunity sang the song 'Buku Hoom-Hoom Kare' for it.
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