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Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931)
Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931)

Dinesh Chandra Gupta or Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931) was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. Image File history File links Dinesh_Gupta. ... Image File history File links Dinesh_Gupta. ... The Bengali people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia with a history going back more than two millennia. ...

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Early activities

Dinesh Gupta was born on 6 December 1911 in the village of Josholong in Munshiganj District, now in Bangladesh. While he was studying in Dhaka College, Dinesh joined Bengal Volunteers - a group organised by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1928 , at the occasion of Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Soon the Bengal Volunteers transformed itself to a more active revolutionary association and planned to liquidate infamous British police officers. December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Munshiganj is a district in central Bangladesh. ... Dhaka College (Bangla: ঢাকা কলেজ) located in Dhaka is one of Bangladeshs most important and earliest higher educational instition. ... Bengal Volunteers was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule of 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. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


The battle of Writers' Building

The association targeted 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. ... B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is one of the central business district area of Kolkata, India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: (?) কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...


On 8 December 1930, Dinesh along with Benoy Basu and Badal Gupta, dressed in European costume, entered the Writers' Building and shot dead Simpson. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Benoy Krishna Basu or Benoy Basu or Benoy Bose (1908-1930) was an Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. ... 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 Gupta took Potassium cyanide, while Benoy and Dinesh shot themselves with their own revolvers. Benoy was taken to the hospital where he died on 13 December 1930. Badal Gupta, a Bengali revolutionary in British India Badal Gupta (1912-1930) was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. ...


The trial and hanging

However, 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. While awaiting execution, Dinesh wrote a number of letters from his prison cell on the heroism of the revolutionaries and his belief in the greatness of self-sacrifice.


Dinesh Chandra Gupta was only 19 when he was hanged on 7 July 1931 at Alipore Jail. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...


Significance

The martyrdom of Benoy, Badal, and Dinesh inspired further revolutionary activities in Bengal, as well as the rest of India. After independence, Dalsousie Square was named B.B.D. Bagh - after the Benoy-Badal-Dinesh trio. Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is one of the central business district area of Kolkata, India. ...


Bibliography

  • Hemendranath Dasgupta, Bharater Biplab Kahini, II & III, Calcutta, 1948;
  • RC Mazumder, History of the Freedom Movement in India, III, Calcutta 1963;
  • Ganganarayan Chandra, Abismaraniya, Calcutta, 1966.


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