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PROMINENT LEADERS

Viceroy of India (Delhi conspiracy) - (1912) and killed attendant: sentenced to death in 1915.

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. 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, Asaf (1888-1953)

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.

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). 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. Chaphekar Balakrishna (1873-99, Poona)

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).

Ali, Shaukat (1873-1938 U.P.)

Ghosh Motilal (an extremist)

He was a prominent leader of Khilafat

Joint Editor of Amrit Bazar Patrika (1917); Condemned Lytton’s Vernacular Press Act (1878); participated in Swadeshi Movement; died in 1922.

‘Anjuman-i-Khudda-i-

movement;

founded

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.

Giani Pritam Singh (1942- Punjab)

Organised the Indian Independence League

in Malaya (South-East Asia).

Babu, Benoy Krishna (1908-1930)

Hakim, Ajmal Khan (1865-1927)

Took part in the Nationalist movement.

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.

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.

Lahiri, Rajendranath (1892-1927 Bengal)

Member of the revolutionary organisation Hindustan Socialist Republican Association; par- ticipated in the Kakori Mail Dacoity (1925)

Chattopadhyaya, Birendranath

(1878-1946, Bengal)

Lohia, RamManohar (1910-67, U.P)

Studied at England and worked with

Founder-Member Congress Socialist Party

‘ Indian

revolutionaries

there;

published

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.).

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.

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).

Das, Gopabhandu (1877-1928)

Master, Amir Chand (1869-1915)

Carried out non co-operation movement in Orissa; Vice-president of Servants of India Society; founded his newspaper Samaj (1904)

Active social reform worker and became

Biswas, Basant Kumar (W. Bengal)

leader of the Ghadar party.

He was the follower of Rash Behari Bose; participated in the plot to kill Lord Hardinge - the

Master, Tara Singh (Gujarat)

He was the president of Akali Dal (1930-

1954) elected President S.G.P.C.; after