Kanailal Bhattacharjee

Kanailal Bhattacharjee (Bengali: কানাইলাল ভট্টাচার্য) (1909–27 July 1931) was a Bengali revolutionary nationalist who fought against British rule over India.

This article is about Indian freedom fighter. For educationist and politician, see Kanailal Bhattacharyya.
Kanailal Bhattacharjee/ Bhattacharya
কানাইলাল ভট্টাচার্য
Born1909 (1909)
Majilpur,[1] Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India)
Died27 July 1931 (aged 21–22)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal)
Cause of deathSuicide by consuming potassium cyanide
OrganizationBengal Volunteers
Known forIndian freedom fighter
MovementIndian independence movement

Early life

Kanailal belonged to a very poor family of Majilpur in South 24 Parganas District in present-day West Bengal.[1] He was born to Nagendranath Bhattacharya. He joined freedom revolution movement when he was very young. He came in touch of well known revolutionaries like Sunil Chatterjee, Satkari Bandyopadhyay etc. and soon he became a fighter of revolution movement.[2] He Was a student of Majilpur J. M. Training School.

Killing R. R. Galik

Kanailal Bhattacharya killed R. R. Galik, a judge of the Alipur court, on 27 July 1931.

Judge Galik sentenced Dinesh Gupta and Ramakrishna Biswas, two Indian revolutionaries, to death by hanging for the murder of Col. N.S. Simpson. Kanailal sought to avenge the unceremonious death of Dinesh by shooting the judge that sentenced him. During the assassination, Kanailal was shot by a guard sergeant.

A piece of paper was found in his pocket that read "Your death is your reward for hanging Dinesh Gupta". Kanailal carried out the assassination under alias Bimal Dasgupta, who was at the time, a fugitive accused by the British in the murder of District Magistrate Pedi of Midnapur. Even during the identification, the noble mother of Kanailal denies his body as her son.

Dead body of Kanailal Bhattacharjee,after swallowing potassium cynaide.

Kanailal was a member of the Bengal Volunteers Team.[3][2][4]

Social reflections

In fond of the memory of this patriot the "Alipur Bekar Road" was renamed "Biplabi Kanailal Bhattacharya Road". A road in Majilpur carries his name as well. A bronze statue in his image can be found in Dutta Bazar of Majilpur near his ancestor's house.[2]

References
  1. Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976), Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), (in Bengali), p 73
  2. Samadder, Radhikaranjan (18 September 2013). "MARXIST INDIANA: 134. Kanailal Bhattacharya (1909-27.7.1931)".
  3. Sangsad, Sahitya (2013). সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান. Subodh Sen, Anjali Basu. p. 117. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
  4. Dey, Soilish. মৃত্যুর চেয়ে বড়. Biswabani Prakasani. p. 171.
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