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Nation Amrit Mahotsav
Amarendra Nath Chatterjee's
name is included in the list of the
warriors of the Indian freedom
struggle who wanted to free India
from the slavery of the British on
the basis of revolution
also killed the Indian officials whom
they considered the backbone of the
British or the traitors of the country.
Amarendra Nath Chatterjee was
born on July 1, 1880, in Uttarpada,
Hooghly, West Bengal in the house of
Upendra Nath Chatterjee. Initially, he
sided with Jatindranath Mukherjee in
revolutionary activities. Later in 1907, he
met Aurobindo Ghosh and he became
fully dedicated to liberating the country
from British slavery. It is believed that it
was Aurobindo who encouraged him to
raise funds to help the revolutionaries.
It is said that he went underground for
5 years in 1915 and traveled from one
place to another in disguise.
The British had also announced a
reward of Rs 10,000 on his head at that
time. Not only that, Nanibala Devi, the
first woman political prisoner of Bengal,
was also a distant relative of Amarendra
Nath Chatterjee and she was inspired
by him and became actively involved
in revolutionary activities. She rented
a house in Chandan Nagar and gave
shelter to Amarendra Nath Chatterjee
as well as the other revolutionaries
of the Yugantar group, Jadu Gopal
Mukherjee, Shiv Bhushan Dutt, etc.
In 1923, Amarendra Nath Chatterjee
remained in jail for a few days, and after
that, he escalated his activism in other
ways. He remained active even after
the independence of India and died on
4 September 1957 at the age of 77 in
West Bengal. A statue of Amarendra
Nath Chatterjee has been erected on the
main road of his hometown Uttarpada.
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Sushila Chain Trehan
served the country till
her last breath
Born: 1 July 1923, Died: 28 September 2011
ushila Chain Trehan, along with other women
Sindependence activists fought hard for the
freedom of the country. She not only faced police
torture while valiantly fighting for the freedom of the
country but also undertook a campaign to educate
girls in Punjab which was considered taboo in those
days. Born on July 1, 1923, in Pathankot, Punjab,
Sushila was the youngest of four siblings. His father,
Mathuradas Trehan was a contractor by profession
and was one of the founders of the Congress party
in Pathankot.
At the same time, he was a prominent member
of the Arya Samaj. When Sushila was growing up
she developed an affinity for the cause of Indian
independence. But her father died under mysterious
circumstances. During this period she found a book
and after reading it she became very passionate
about India's independence. Sushila was also
inspired by the brave tales of Bhagat Singh. She met
a freedom fighter named Shakunlata Azad at the age
of 18 after which she left her home to fight for the
independence of the nation. She went underground
and started making the strategy for independence. In
her struggle, she also has to undergo through police
lathi charge. Sushila had made up her mind to fight
for India's independence and any kind of adversity
could not break her resolve.
In order to awaken the spirit of education in
women and make them self-reliant, she used to
travel long distances by bicycle to distant villages.
She encouraged the women there to cook, sew, and
clean. At that time cycling by girls was considered
taboo but she was not one to give up. Even after the
independence of India, she continued to promote
education for children and opened three girls' and a
co-education school. She very well understood that
the country must be free from the mentality of social
evils after liberation from colonial powers. That is
why she continued to work for the betterment of
society from the time of India's independence till her
death on September 28, 2011.