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Bengal Volunteers was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule of India.The group was functional from its inception in 1928 to the Indian independence. Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বà¦à§à¦), Bangla (বাà¦à¦²à¦¾), Bôngodesh (বà¦à§à¦à¦¦à§à¦¶), or Bangladesh (বাà¦à¦²à¦¾à¦¦à§à¦¶) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Indian independence movement was a series of steps taken in the Indian subcontinent for independence from British colonial rule, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857. ...
The beginning
Subhas Chandra Bose organised a group of volunteers during the 1928 Kolkata sesiion of Indian National Congress.The group was named Bengal Volunteers and was under the leadership of Major Satya Gupta.Subhas Chandra Bose himself was the GOC. After the Kolkata session of the congress was over, the Bengal Volunteers continued its activities.Soon, it was turned into an active revolutionary association. Netaji poster in Thiruvananthapuram Subhas Chandra Bose (January 23, 1897 - August 18, 1945) also known as Netaji, was a Orissa born and Bengal based Indian leader of the movement to win independence from British rule. ...
Kolkata (Bangla: à¦à¦²à¦à¦¾à¦¤à¦¾, Hindi: à¤à¥à¤²à¤à¤¤à¤¾, alternate English Calcutta), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ...
Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...
Netaji poster in Thiruvananthapuram Subhas Chandra Bose (January 23, 1897 - August 18, 1945) also known as Netaji, was a Orissa born and Bengal based Indian leader of the movement to win independence from British rule. ...
Kolkata (Bangla: à¦à¦²à¦à¦¾à¦¤à¦¾, Hindi: à¤à¥à¤²à¤à¤¤à¤¾, alternate English Calcutta), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ...
Activities and notable members Bengal Volunteers decided to launch 'operation freedom' in early 1930s primarily to protest against the police repression in different jails in Bengal. In August 1930,the revolutionary group planned to kill Lowman, the Inspector General of Police who was due to present in the Medical School Hospital to see an ailing senior police official undergoing treatment.On 29 August 1930, Benoy Basu casually clad in a traditional Bengali attire breached the security and fired at close range. Lowman died instantly and Hodson, the Superintendent of police, was grievously injured. The next target was Col NS Simpson,The Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for the brutal oppression on the prisoners in the jails. The revolutionaries decided not only to murder him, but also to strike a terror in the British official circles by launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the Writers' Building in the Dalhousie square in Kolkata. Writers Building is the secretariat of West Bengal. ...
On 8 December 1930, Benoy Basu along with Dinesh Gupta and Badal Gupta, dressed in European costume, entered the Writers' Building and shot dead Simpson. Badal Gupta, a Bengali revolutionary in British India Badal Gupta (1912-1930) was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. ...
British police started firing.What ensued was a brief gunfight between the 3 young revolutionaries and the police.Some other officers like Twynam, Prentice and Nelson suffered injuries during the shooting. Soon police overpowered them.However, the three did not wish to be arrested.Badal took Potassium cyanide, while Benoy and Dinesh shot themselves with their own revolvers.Badal died on the spot.Benoy was taken to the hospital where he died on 13 December 1930.Dinesh survived the near-fatal injury. He was convicted and the verdict of the trial was death by hanging for anti-government activities and murder.
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