Ambika Chakrabarty (January 1892 – 6 March 1962) was an Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary.[1] Later, he was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[2]
Ambika Chakraborty | |
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| Born | January 1892 |
| Died | 6 March 1962 (aged 70) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Organization | Jugantar |
Political party | Communist Party of India |
Revolutionary activities
editAmbika Chakrabarty's father's name was Nanda Kumar Chakarabarty. He was a member of Chittagong Jugantar party.[citation needed] He took part in the Chittagong armoury raid led by Surya Sen. On 18 April 1930, he led a group of revolutionaries, who destroyed the entire communication system in Chittagong.[3] On 22 April 1930, he was seriously injured in the gunfight with the British army in Jalalabad. But he was able to escape. After a few months, he was arrested by the police from his hideout and sentenced to death. However, on appeal the sentence was reduced[4] to transportation for life to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair.[citation needed]
Later activities
editChakrabarty, after his release from the Cellular Jail[citation needed] in 1946, joined the Communist Party of India.[4] He was elected to the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly in the same year. In 1952, he was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Tollygunge (South) constituency as a Communist Party of India candidate.[citation needed] He died in a road accident in Calcutta on 6 March 1962.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Gupta, Sarmistha Dutta (2013). "Death and Desire in Times of Revolution". Economic and Political Weekly. 48 (37): 59–68. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 23528276. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ↑ Assembly, West Bengal (India) Legislature Legislative (1955). Assembly Proceedings: official report (in Bengali). West Bengal Government Press. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ↑ The Contemporary. R.N. Guha Thakurta. 1970. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 Sengupta, Subodh Chandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (1988) [First published 1976]. অম্বিকা চক্রবর্তী [Ambika Chakraborty]. Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. p. 33.
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