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Eternal India
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Acharya, Narendra Dev (1889-1956, U.P)
Member, UP Legislative Assembly (1937);
president of U.P.C.C., organised Socialist Party;
Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow and Benares Univer
sities.
Ali, Asaf (1888-1953)
Participated in the Home Rule movement
and non co-operation; India’s first ambassador to
Washington.
Ali, Muhammad (1878*1931, Moradabad)
He was the editor-comrade of an English
weekly and Hamdard-Urdu daily; presided over
the Congress session at Coconada; delegate, First
Round
Table Conference (1930).
Ali, Shaukat (1873-1938 U.P.)
He was a prominent leader of Khilafat
movement;
founded
‘Anjuman-i-Khudda-i-
Kaaba.'
Ansari (1880-1936, U.P)
Participated in Home Rule and Non co-op-
eration movement; Secretary of Congress (1927);
presided in All Parties Conference and
Convention
(1928); died in 1936.
Babu, Benoy Krishna (1908-1930)
Took part in the Nationalist movement.
Baji, Rant (Orissa)
Boatman and volunteer of the Praja Mandal
(Dhenkanal state); worked against the reign of
terror (19.38). Carried out by state police and
troops
in
Nilkanthapur ghat in the Brahmini river; died of
the injuries inflicted by one of the soldiers, while
refusing to ferry them across the river Brahmini;
his bravery and patriotism has been immortalised
in
the
poem ‘ Boatman’ by the famous Oriyapoet, Sachi
Rotary.
Basu, Satyendranath (1908-West Bengal)
Member of the revolutionary parties; one
of
the founders of Ananda Math- a revolutionary se-
cret society; worked for Swadeshi movement.
Bibari, Avadh (Delhi).
Carried on revolutionary activities in U.P.
and Punjab.
Bismil, Ram Prasad (U.P.)
Member of The Hindustan Socialist Repub-
lican Association, executed at the Gorakhpur dis-
trict jail (1927).
Biswas, Basant Kumar (W. Bengal)
He was the follower of Rash Behari Bose;
participated in the plot to kill Lord Hardinge - the
PROMINENT LEADERS
Viceroy of India (Delhi conspiracy) - (1912) and
killed attendant: sentenced to death in 1915.
Bardoli, Gopinath (1950)
One of the builders of modem Assam; led
the
Congress Party in Assam Legislative Assembly in
1937; became Premier twice, 1938, 1946; died in
1950.
Bose, Khudiram (1889-1908, W. Bengal)
Worked against the partition of Bengal
(1905), organised a plot to kill Kingsford-
Sessions
judge
(Muzaffarpur, Bihar); died at the Muzaffarpur
jail.
Bose, Rash Behari (1886-1945, W. Bengal)
Planned to kill Lord Hardinge - the British
Viceroy of India; planned a simultaneous revolt
all over North India in alignment with Ghadar
Party;
escaped to Japan (1915), took citizenship, contin-
ued to work for Indian independence. Died at
Tokyo (Jan 21, 1945).
Chaki, Prafulla Kumar (E. Bengal)
Took part in the plot to kill Kingsford- the
Sessions judge of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, committed
suicide (1908).
Chaphekar Balakrishna (1873-99, Poona)
Imparted military training to the youth,
took part in the killing of Mr. Rank the Plague
Commissioner of Poona; arrested and hanged.
Chaphekar, Damodar (1869-98, Poona)
Organised society for training youths, made a
plan to kill Mr. Rank, Poona Plague
Commissioner.
Chaphekar, Vasudeva (Maharashtra)
Helped in giving military training to Indian
youths; assisted in the killing of Mr. Rank, the
plague commissioner of Poona; died in 1899.
Chattopadhyaya, Birendranath
(1878-1946, Bengal)
Studied at England and worked with
revolutionaries
there;
published
‘
Indian
Sociologist'
a
revolutionary journal in England; published
‘Tal-
war
’ in Paris. He worked as Prof. of Urdu at
Moscow University, died in exile (Moscow) in
1946.
Das, Gopabhandu (1877-1928)
Carried out non co-operation movement in
Orissa; Vice-president of Servants of India
Society;
founded his newspaper
Samaj
(1904)
Das, Jatindra Nath (1904-29-Calcutta)
He was member of the Revolutionary Party
arrested in connection with ‘Lahore conspiracy
case’ (1929); died fasting in the Lahore jail.
Desai, Bhulabhai (1877-1946, Calcutta)
Joined Home Rule movement (1916) and
Con-
gress (1930); served as the President of Bombay
Pro-
vincial Congress Committee; negotiated Desai -
Liaquat Pact (1944).
Dhanashetti, Mallappa (1898-1931 -
Maharashtra),
Took active part in the civil disobedience
movement (1930).
Ghosh Motilal (an extremist)
Joint Editor of Amrit Bazar Patrika (1917);
Condemned Lytton’s Vernacular Press Act
(1878);
participated in Swadeshi Movement; died in
1922.
Giani Pritam Singh (1942- Punjab)
Organised the Indian Independence League
in
Malaya (South-East Asia).
Hakim, Ajmal Khan (1865-1927)
He belonged to a family of Unani
physicians;
founded Tibbia College after transforming Tibba
School founded by his family; joined politics as a
leader of Muslim League; Chairman, Congress
reception committee and of Hindu Mahasabha
(1919); presided over Muslim League session
(Amritsar 1919) ; played important role in
Khilafat
Move-
ment and Non co-operation movement; one of the
founders of the JamiaMillialslamia; died in 1927.
Lahiri, Rajendranath (1892-1927 Bengal)
Member of the revolutionary organisation
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association; par-
ticipated in the Kakori Mail Dacoity (1925)
Lohia, RamManohar (1910-67, U.P)
Founder-Member Congress Socialist Party
and editor of its journal
‘The Congress
Socialist’;
played inspiring role during Quit India
movement;
in free India founded Socialist Party, later
renamed
‘Praja Socialist Party’,
later renamed
‘Samyukta
Socialist Party’ (S.S.P.).
Master, Amir Chand (1869-1915)
Active social reform worker and became
leader of the Ghadar party.
Master, Tara Singh (Gujarat)
He was the president of Akali Dal (1930-
1954) elected President S.G.P.C.; after