Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy

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Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (alternately spelled as Shyam Sundar Chakravarty or Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, 12 July 1869 – 7 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary, independence activist and journalist from Bengal. He was born in , Pabna in Bengal Presidency (currently in Bangladesh). He belonged to the "Pabna Group" of Bengali revolutionaries along with Abinash Chakravarty and Annada Kaviraj.[1] In 1905 he was the sub-editor of the revolutionary journal Sandhya. In 1906, he joined with Bengali nationalist newspaper Bande Mataram as an assistant to its editor Sri Aurobindo and later became its editor.[2] In 1908, he was deported to Burma.[3] Later he became an adherent of the non violent methods of Indian National Congress and an office bearer of the Swaraj Party.[4] He founded and edited the newspaper "The Servant" in 1920 to promote the Non-cooperation movement.[5][6]

Works[]

  • Through Solititude and Sorrow
  • My Mother's Face

References[]

  1. ^ Guha, Arun Chandra (1971). First spark of revolution: the early phase of India's struggle for independence, 1900-1920. Orient Longman. pp. 214–216. ISBN 9780883860380.
  2. ^ "Bande Mataram". sankalpindia. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ^ Political Agitators in India. p. 8.
  4. ^ Sharma, Suresh K (2006). Documents on North-East India: Assam (1664-1935). Mittal Publications. pp. 274–276. ISBN 978-81-8324-089-5.
  5. ^ Sharma, Jagdish Saran (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica, Volume 2. S. Chand. p. 1121.
  6. ^ Gandhi, Gopalkrishna; Amartya Sen (2008). A frank friendship: Gandhi and Bengal : a descriptive chronology. Seagull Books. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-905422-63-0.


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