Nirmal Jibon Ghosh

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Nirmal Jibon Ghosh
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Born5 January 1916 (1916-01-05)
Hoogli, British India
Died26 October 1934 (1934-10-27) (aged 18)
MovementIndian Freedom Movement

Nirmal Jibon Ghosh (5 January 1916 – 26 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers. He was hanged on 26 October 1934 for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge.[1][2]


Family[]

Ghosh was born in Dhamasin village, Hooghly district in 1916. His father name was Jamini Jibon Ghosh. He was admitted in I.A. in Midnapore College and joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of British India. His family was attached with the Indian freedom movement. His brother Prof. Bijoy Jibon Ghosh was dismissed from service for having a connection with the Swadeshi movement. Another brother Naba Jibon Ghosh committed suicide while imprisoned by the British. His younger brother Jyoti Jibon was also imprisoned.[3][4][5]

Revolutionary activities[]

After the murder of Magistrate Paddy and Robert Douglas no British officer was ready to take the charge of Midnapore. Mr. Bernard E J Burge,[6] a ruthless District Magistrate was posted in Midnapore district. The members of the Bengal volunteers i.e. Ramkrishna Roy, Brajakishore Chakraborty,Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal, , Sonatan Roy, Nanda Dulal Singh, Sukumar Sen Gupta, Bijoy Krishna Ghose, Purnananda Sanyal, Manindra Nath Choudhury, Saroj Ranjan Das Kanungo, Santi Gopal Sen, Sailesh Chandra Ghose, Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta etc. decided to assassinate him. Ghosh along with Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigen Dutt shot him dead while Burge was playing a football match ( Bradley-Birt football tournament) named by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birtat the police grounds of Midnapore. Special Tribunal under B.C.L.A. Act, 1925 found them guilty and sentenced to death.[7]

Death[]

Ghosh was hanged in Medinipur Central Jail on 26 October 1934.[8][9] Brajakishore and Ramkrishna were sentenced to death in 25 October.[10] [11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ {{Cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&q=Pradyot+Kumar+Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate&pg=PA1845%7Ctitle=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|last=P. N. CHOPRA|first=VOL.I|year=1969|isbn=9788123021805|access-date=January 10, 2022}
  2. ^ Vol I, Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 297. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
  3. ^ Volume 9 (1990). Rammanohar Lohia. ISBN 9788171002511. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Ujjwal Kumar Singh (14 January 2009). Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements. ISBN 9789352801626. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  5. ^ S. N. Sen (1997). History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947). ISBN 9788122410495. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Historic Day". Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Assassination Of Mr.B.E.J.Burge, I.C.S." Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "Midnapore Central Correctional Home". wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  9. ^ Kali Charan Ghosh (2012). Chronological Dictionary of India's Independence. Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-86806-20-3.
  10. ^ Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  11. ^ Srikrishan 'Sarala' (1999). Indian Revolutionaries 1757-1961 (Vol-4): A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961. New Delhi: Ocean Books. ISBN 9788187100157.
  12. ^ Durba Ghosh (20 July 2017). Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India. ISBN 9781107186668. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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