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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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