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{{short description|Bengali revolutionary (1907-1934)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date= September 2025 }}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dinesh Chandra Majumdar
| image = Dinesh chandra majumdar.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date| 15 May 1907}}
| birth_place = [[ Basirhat]], North 24 Parganas, British India
| death_date = {{death-date and age| 9 july 1934| 15 May 1907}}
| death_place = [[Alipore Central Jail]] India
| known =
| occupation = Revolutionary
| organization =
| movement = [[Indian Freedom Movement]]
| known for =
| citizenship =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Dinesh Chandra Majumdar '''(15 May 1907 – 9 July 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Yugantar group who carried out assassinations against [[British Empire|British colonial]] officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hssXP1hBYscC&q=Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate+Douglas&pg=PA254|title=History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947)|last=S. N. Sen|year=1997|publisher=New Age International |isbn=9788122410495|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|first=P. N. | last=Chopra|volume=1|year=1969|publisher=Ministry of Education and Youth Services, Government of India |isbn=9788123021805}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Rammanohar Lohia|last=Volume 9|year=1990|isbn=9788171002511}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dinesh Chandra Majumdar was one of the leading figures of the anti-British independence movement of the [[Indian subcontinent]] and a martyred revolutionary of the Age of Fire. He joined the Jugantar Revolutionary Party through his neighbor Anujacharan Sen.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chronological Dictionary of India's Independence|last=Kali Charan Ghosh|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2012|isbn=978-81-86806-20-3|location=Kolkata|pages=87}}</ref> During the [[World War I]], during the revolutionary uprising led by [[Bagha Jatin]], when Shaileshwar Bose, the director of the secret base in [[Balasore]], [[Odisha]], fell ill with tuberculosis, Dinesh worked with Anujacharan at night. Then, on the instructions of the party leader, he started working in revolutionary organizations in [[Bogra]] and [[South 24 Parganas]]. He helped establish the [[Chhatri Sangha|Chhaatri Sangha]] as a teacher of baton fighting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-21 |title=North 24 Parganas News: বেহাল দশা! খসে পড়ছে দেওয়াল, বিপ্লবী দীনেশচন্দ্র মজুমদারের বাড়িকে হেরিটেজ ঘোষণা করার দাবি |url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/north-24-parganas/demand-to-declare-martyr-dinesh-chandra-majumdar-s-house-in-basirhat-as-heritage-l18-rds-1291954.html |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=bengali.news18.com |language=bn}}</ref> By virtue of his extraordinary personality, skills, and dedication, Dinesh soon became a popular name in the 'Yugantar' party, which included women members like [[Kalyani Das]] (Bhattacharya), [[Shantisudha Ghosh]] (later became the Principal of Mahasin College, Hooghly), Sulata Kar (a renowned writer and social worker), Prabhat Nalini Devi, Leela Kamale (a student from Maharashtra), Ava De, Kamala Dasgupta, Surma Mitra (President of the Society), Suhasini Dutta, Kalpana Dutta, and Pritilata Waddedar.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.boisoi.com/2024/10/blog-post_42.html |title= বিস্মৃত বিপ্লবী - শ্রী দীনেশচন্দ্র মজুমদার|website= boisoi.com |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

== Revolutionary activities ==
During the Civil Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921, the anti-British clandestine activities of various revolutionary parties, groups, and societies threatened and agitated the foundations of British imperialism in India.<ref>{{Cite book|title=বেঙ্গল ভলান্টিয়ার |last= Madhumanti Sengupta |publisher= Ananda Publishers |date= 1 January 2016 |isbn=978-9389876772|location= Kolkata |pages=}}</ref> The most notable of these were the [[Anushilan Samiti]] of East Bengal and 'Yugantar' of West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://independencemuseum.in/?tab=Movement|title= List of Martyrs Hanged at Alipore Jail (Old and New) |website= independencemuseum.in |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref> Dinesh came to his birthplace, [[Basirhat]], and, in active collaboration with Jatindranath Ghoshal, started collecting and training dedicated patriots. Dinesh's initiative was to gather daring youth in a room in the old State Bank building.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://mepaper.anandabazar.com/imageview_71964_41549771_4_73_13-08-2023_0_i_1_sf.html |title= ব্রিটিশের জেলে পচে মরার জন্য মেনির জন্ম হয়নি| website= mepaper.anandabazar.com |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref> The aim was to form a secret and trained group of revolutionaries who would be inspired by the ideals of self-organization and patriotism for the freedom of the motherland.<ref name=Sengupta-Basu>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last1=Sengupta |first1=Subodhchandra |last2=Basu |first2=Anjali |publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|volume=I|location=Kolkata|page=297}}</ref>
In 1930, Dinesh established the 'National Library' and 'Byampeeth' (a yoga center) at Basirhat. The latter was a secret center for enlisting revolutionary soldiers who trained in firearms, sticks, and knives and made bombs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in/history_heritage03.html|title=Midnapore Central Correctional Home|website=wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>
On August 25, 1930, Dinesh and his three associates, Anujacharan Sen, Shailen Neogi, and Atul Sen, threw a bomb at the car of [[Charles Tegart]], the then Commissioner of Police of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ফাঁসির দিনেও লড়ার হাসি হাসতে শিখিয়ে গেছে সেন্ |url=https://dailynewsreel.in/tag/dinesh-chandra-majumdar |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Daily News Reel |language=en-US}}</ref> Although Tegart survived, Dinesh was caught, tried by a special tribunal, and convicted under sections 307/120 B of the [[Indian Penal Code]] and 307/34, 4B, 3(6) of the Explosive Substances Act, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Central Jail, [[Midnapore]]. Anujacharan Sen died on the spot.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/blood-bullets-and-bombs-at-dalhousie-square-the-hotbed-of-revolutionary-attacks-in-indias-fight-for-independence/cid/2040792 |title= Dinesh Chandra Majumdar | website= telegraphindia.com |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

On February 8, 1932, Dinesh, along with two other revolutionary associates, Sachin Kargupta and Sushil Dasgupta, escaped from jail and concealed their identities.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://radhikaranjan.blogspot.com/2014/03/dinesh-chandra-majumdar-1907-1934.html |title= Dinesh Chandra Majumdar |website= radhikaranjan.blogspot.com |date= 8 March 2014 |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref> A bounty was declared on his name, and a reward was offered for his arrest. Meanwhile, many revolutionaries who had escaped from [[Buxa]], [[Hijli]], and Midnapore jails were recapture.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Anandabazar bangla ePaper : ABP One of the largest reading bangla NewspERap |url=http://mepaper.anandabazar.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923012215/http://mepaper.anandabazar.com/ |archive-date=2023-09-23 |access-date=2025-09-24 |work=}}</ref> The police intensified their search for him. Despite this, Dinesh continued his activities for the party, frequently changing his hideout to evade capture.On August 5 and September 28 of the same year, there were two attempts to assassinate Alfred Watson, the editor of The Statesman.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Biplabi Dinesh Chandra Mazumdar |first= Nirmalakumāra | last= Nāga |volume=1|year=2013|publisher=Sopana, India |isbn= }}</ref> When a group of police led by Quinn, the [[Chandannagar]] Police Commissioner, chased the revolutionaries, Dinesh shot and killed Quinn. He was eventually given shelter in Chandannagar by the revolutionary Shri Sachchandra Ghosh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eshaanwrites.blogspot.com/2025/07/unsung-unbroken-dinesh-chandra-majumdar.html|title= Unsung unbroken Dinesh Chandra Majumber|website= eshaanwrites.blogspot.com |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>
Around 1932, the party's condition was weakened by police brutality and mass arrests. He then tried to revive the party by attempting to transfer money with the help of an employee of [[Grindlays Bank]] to buy weapons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dineshchandra Majumdar |url=https://chakrafoundation.org/dineshchandra-majumdar/ |access-date=2025-09-24}}</ref> At that time, he was staying at Narayan Banerjee's house in [[Bidhan Sarani|Cornwallis Street]]. On May 25, 1933, the police found the house and attacked it, leading to an exchange of fire between both sides. Dinesh, Jagadananda, and Nalini Das fought until they ran out of bullets and were captured wounded. Dinesh was sentenced to death at the trial, while the other two were sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://amarbangla.co/dinesh-chandra-mujumder-and-1930-year-and-25-august/ |title=আজকের দিনে বিপ্লবী দীনেশচন্দ্র মজুমদার |website=amarbangla.co|date=25 August 2021 |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref> Dinesh Majumdar was executed by hanging on July 9, 1934.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1Pclr-6w94C&q=Nirmal+Jiban+Ghosh&pg=PA44|title=Rammanohar Lohia|last=Volume 9|year=1990|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171002511|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y74pDwAAQBAJ&q=Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate+Douglas&pg=PA151|title=Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India|last=Durba Ghosh|date=20 July 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107186668|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref>

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