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{{For|the 19th century Bengali actor, director, writer and Jatra artist|Motilal Ray}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Motilal Roy<br />
| image = শ্রী মতিলাল রায়.jpg<br />
| birth_date = 5 January 1883<br />
| birth_place = Borai Chanditala, [[Chandernagore]], [[French India]] (now in [[West Bengal]], India)<br />
| occupation = Revolutionary leader, journalist, social reformer<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1959|4|10|1883|1|5}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Motilal Roy''' (5 January 1883 — 10 April 1959) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] revolutionary and journalist who founded the [[Prabartak Sangha]], a nationalist organisation for social works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihgaAAAAMAAJ|title=Message and Mission of Prabartak Samgha|access-date=3 December 2017|last1=Sangha|first1=Prabartak|year=1970}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
[[File:Prabartak Sangha buildings 07.jpg|thumb|Statue of Roy in Prabartak Sangha]]<br />
Motilal Roy was born at Borai Chanditala, [[Chandannagar|Chandannagore]] in [[French India]]. His father was Biharilal Singha Roy. Their family was from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. After his only daughter died, Roy was attracted to [[Vaishnavism]] and in 1920 he organised a group to serve poor people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Bibliographical Dictionary) (in Bengali)|last=Volume 1|first=Subhodh Chandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=390–391}}</ref><br />
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== Activities ==<br />
Motilal joined in the movement against [[Partition of Bengal (1905)]] in 1905.{{fact|date=July 2025}} Later he was attached with armed revolutionaries of Bengal. He collected that revolver and supplied to [[Kanailal Dutta]] by [[Shrish Chandra Ghosh]] for the assassination of Naren Goswami in 1908. Roy established the Prabartak Sangha under the inspiration of [[Sri Aurobindo]]. Roy's home as well as the Sangha were the important safe house of Indian freedom fighters. Hundreds of [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence activists]] took shelter in Roy's house. Being a senior member of the revolutionary group he provided money and arms to the revolutionaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050206/asp/calcutta/story_4342475.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420043337/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050206/asp/calcutta/story_4342475.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2005|title=Next weekend you can be at Chandernagore|date=6 February 2005|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> On 21 February 1910 Aurobindo reached at Chandannagar and stayed in Roy's house for 42 days safely before going [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. Roy assumed the title of ''Sangha Guru'' or the chief spiritual leader of the organization.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hlasAgAAQBAJ&q=motilal+roy+prabartak+sangha&pg=PA333|title=The Lives of Sri Aurobindo|last=Peter Heehs|year=2008|publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=9780231140980|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qOaDAAAQBAJ&q=motilal+roy&pg=PA71|title=The Life and Times of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh|last=Kaushal Kishore|date=January 2016|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=9788184303681|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> He also established school, library, students hostel publication house and [[Khadi]] business for people.<ref name=":0" /> A fortnightly journal of his organisation named ''Prabartak'' was edited by another senior revolutionary [[Manindra Nath Nayak]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjAweaCPLD0C&q=Manindra+Nath+Nayak+Prabartak&pg=PA349|title=Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900-1955|last=Sailendra Nath Sen|year=2012|publisher=Primus Books |isbn=9789380607238|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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