Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Barindra Kumar Ghosh | |
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 Barindra Kumar Ghosh | |
| Born | 5 July 1880 |
| Died | 18 April 1959(aged 79) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Revolutionary, journalist |
| Relatives | Sri Aurobindo(brother) Manmohan Ghose(brother) |
| Anushilan Samiti |
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Barindra Kumar GhoshorBarindra Ghosh,or, popularly,Barin Ghosh(5 jan 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members ofJugantarBengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit inBengal.Ghosh was a younger brother ofSri Aurobindo.[2]
Early life[edit]
Barindra Ghosh was born atCroydonin aBengali Kayasthafamily, near London on 5 January 1880 although his ancestral village wasKonnagarinHooghly Districtof present-dayWest Bengal.[3] His father, Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, was a physician and district surgeon. His mother Swarnalata was the daughterRajnarayan Basu,Indian writer and intellectual of theBengal Renaissance.Revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life,Aurobindowas Barindranath's third elder brother. His second elder brother,Manmohan Ghose,was a scholar of English literature, a poet and professor of English atPresidency College, Calcuttaand atDhaka University.He also had an elder sister named Sarojini Ghosh.
Barindranath attended school inDeoghar,and after passing the entrance examination in 1901, joinedPatna College.He received military training inBaroda.During this time, (late 19th century – early 20th century) Barin was influenced by Aurobindo and drawn towards the revolutionary movement.
Revolutionary activities[edit]
Barin came back toKolkatain 1902 and started organising several revolutionary groups in Bengal with the help ofJatindranath Banerjee.In 1906, he started publishingJugantar,aBengaliweekly and a revolutionary organization namedJugantarsoon followed. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle ofAnushilan Samitiand it started preparation for armed militancy activities to oust British from Indian soil.
Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee aliasBagha Jatinwere instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group inManiktala,Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition.
Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionariesKhudiramandPrafullaon 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as theAlipore Bomb Case) initially sentenced Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh andUllaskar Dattato death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by DeshbandhuChittaranjan Dasand Barin was deported to theCellular JailinAndamanin 1909 along with other convicts.[4]In theCellular Jail,Barin Ghosh was locked up besideVinayak Damodar Savarkar& he successfully managed to fleeCellular Jailin 1915.[5]But British caught Barin Ghosh again fromPuriafterBalasoreBattle with Bagha Jatin.
Release and later activities[edit]
Barin Ghosh successfully escaped fromCellular Jail& was the only freedom fighter to do so in 1915. He was hiding inPuriduring Battle ofBalasore,where Bagha Jatin fought the British. Barin Ghosh was caught again from Puri & sent toCellular JailAndaman. He was kept under Solitary confinement for 5 long years. During a general amnesty in 1920, Barin was released and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed anashraminKolkata.He published his memoirs "The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans".[6]In 1923, he left forPondicherrywhere his elder brotherAurobindo Ghoshhad formed theSri Aurobindo Ashram.He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality andSadhana.Barin returned toKolkatain 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started an English weekly,The Dawn of India.He was associated with the newspaperThe Statesman,and in 1950, he became the editor of the BengaliDainik Basumati.Around this time he got married. He died on 18 April 1959.[7]
Works[edit]
The following are books by Barindra Ghosh:
- Dvipantarer Banshi
- Pather Ingit
- Amar Atmakatha
- Agnijug
- Rishi Rajnarayan
- The Tale of My Exile
- Sri Aurobindo[8]
Other books
- Barindrakumar Ghosh,Pather Ingit,Calcutta, 1337 (Bengali year).
- Upendra Nath Bandyopadhyaya,Nirbasiter Atmakatha,Calcutta, 1352 (Bengali year).
- RC Majumdar,History of the Freedom Movement in India,II, Calcutta, 1963.
References[edit]
- ^Dasgupta, Sanjukta."A horrendous tale".thestatesman.The Statesman.Retrieved18 January2022.
- ^Service, Statesman News (21 December 2023)."A chronicle of deportation and incarceration".The Statesman.Retrieved1 March2024.
- ^Bandyopadhyay, Amritalal,Rishi Aurobindo,1964, Biswas Publishing House, p. 6
- ^"A revolutionary in exile".The Hindu.19 March 2012.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved1 March2024.
- ^"নারকেল পিষে রোজ ২৫ কেজি তেল বানাতে হত".anandabazar(in Bengali).Retrieved1 March2024.
- ^Ghose, Barindra Kumar (1922).The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans.Pondicherry: Arya Publications.
- ^"বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ".onushilon.org.Retrieved1 March2024.
- ^সংকলক, ◄ ঘবারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ জীবনী উপাত্ত."বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার".bn.wikisource.org(in Bengali).Retrieved1 March2024.
External links[edit]
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- Anushilan Samiti
- Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
- Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule
- 1880 births
- 1959 deaths
- Indian newspaper editors
- 20th-century Indian journalists
- Indian revolutionaries
- Indian prisoners sentenced to death
- Indian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- Prisoners and detainees of British India
- Indian independence activists from Bengal