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          Alekh Patra started participating in the


            freedom struggle from the age of 18




                                      Born: 1 July 1923, Died: 17 November 1999
              lekh Patra, who took part in the Indian freedom   freedom  struggle  along  with  Acharya  Harihar
          Astruggle, was one of the prominent leaders.         and  Gopbandhu  Das.  At  the  same  time,  his
          He also encouraged the citizens to participate       other  freedom  fighter  friends  also  wanted  him
          in the civil rights and environmental protection     not to work underground and to come back and
          movements  in  different  parts  of  Odisha.  Born  on   openly  participate  in  the  war of independence
          July 1, 1923, in Puri, Odisha, Alekh Patra was imbued   against the British. He decided to come back to
          with the spirit of patriotism from his childhood and   Puri from Kolkata. While he was returning to Puri
          he  started  participating  in  the  freedom  struggle   from Kolkata, he was arrested by the police at the
          movement at the age of 18. It is said that during the   station and sent to jail again. While in jail, he used
          freedom struggle, he along with his friends set fire   to  follow the  instructions  of Mahatma  Gandhi
          to Nimapada police station.                          and  spun yarn and  weaved  khadi  to  make his
             During the incident, police opened fire to stop   own cloth. He also cleaned the toilets to promote
          the protesters, killing one of their close associates   cleanliness.  After  his  release  from jail,  he  went
          on the spot. Alekh Patra was arrested on the spot    to  Wardha  to  take  training  in  Swaraj, Home
          and imprisoned in Puri jail. There he was tortured   Administration, and other Sarvodaya functions.
          but he was a man of strong will and did not deviate     After returning  to Odisha  from  there,  he
          from his path. After his release from prison, he     started  working for social  reform  and  after  the
          continued  his  underground  struggle  against       independence  of India, he was awarded many
          British colonialism and moved to Calcutta. There     honors  by  the  Central  and  State  Governments.
          he worked as a domestic servant for a man but        Even after the independence of India, he continued
          did not let his underground activities stop.         to work for the welfare of the people and remained
             However, he  could not  stay  in  Kolkata  for    constantly active. He died on November 17, 1999,
          long  as  he  wanted  to  openly  participate  in  the   at the age of 76.


        Amarendra Nath Chatterjee adopted the revolutionary

                  method for the independence of the country


                                  Born: 1 July 1880, Died: 4 September 1957

            marendra  Nath  Chatterjee,  considered  to         Amarendra Nath Chatterjee is one of the icons
        Abe one of the top leaders of the Yugantar           of the  Indian freedom struggle  who wanted  to
        group, was a famous revolutionary who had the        liberate India from British slavery on the strength
        responsibility of raising funds for carrying out the   of revolution. That is why he joined the Yugantar
        movement of this organization. His revolutionary     group whose  main  activities  were to  gather
        activities were mainly concentrated in Bihar,        youngsters  through its  branches  at  various
        Orissa,  and  the  United Provinces.  During  his    places,  to make them  mentally  and  physically
        studies, he  met like-minded people who              strong so that they could fight the British head-
        believed in adopting a revolutionary method to       on. Not only that,  this  organization  was also
        drive out the British. Among these, the names of     involved in  secretly making bombs,  imparting
        Upendranath Banerjee and Hrishikesh Kanjilal         weapons training, and killing evil British officers.
        are prominent.                                          The  active  members  of  this  organization


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