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| name = Manoranjan Bhattacharya<br />
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| birth_date = 1910<br />
| birth_place = Erikati, [[Faridpur District]]<br />
| death_date = 12 August 1932<br />
| death_place = Barisal<br />
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| movement = [[Indian Independence Movement]]<br />
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'''Manoranjan Bhattacharya''' (1910 – 12 August 1932) was an [[Indian independence activist]] and [[Bengalis|Bengali]] revolutionary.<br />
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== Revolutionary activities ==<br />
Bhattacharya was born in Erikati, [[Faridpur District]], [[British India]]. He joined in the revolutionary ''Madaripur group'' of [[Madaripur District|Madaripur]]. While a student, Bhattacharya participated in the [[Chittagong armoury raid]] on 18 April 1930. His last action was a mail bag robbery in Chamugaria on 14 March 1932.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&q=Manoranjan+Bhattacharya+revolutionary&pg=PA1844|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|last=VOL - I|first=P. N. CHOPRA|year=1969|isbn=9788123021805|access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref> During the robbery, Bhattacharya killed one post office employee when the man grappled with him.<ref name="Kali Charan Ghosh 2012">{{Cite book|title=Chronological Dictionary of INDIA's Independence|last=Kali Charan Ghosh|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|year=2012|isbn=978-81-86806-20-3|location=[[Kolkata]]|pages=113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol - I|first=Subodh C. Sengupta & anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=398}}</ref><br />
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=== Death ===<br />
Bhattacharya and four other revolutionaries were arrested by the police and sent to [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] Jail. Bhattacharya was sentenced to [[capital punishment|death]] on 12 May 1932, and was [[Hanging|hanged]] on 12 August 1932 in [[Barisal|Barishal]] district Jail. Other co-accused were sentenced to various long terms of imprisonment.<ref name="Kali Charan Ghosh 2012" /><br />
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