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| name = Pradyut Kumar Bhattacharya<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|3 November 1913}}<br />
| birth_place = [[West Midnapur]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{d-da|12 January 1933|3 November 1913}}<br />
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| movement = [[Indian freedom movement]]<br />
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'''Pradyut Kumar Bhattacharya''' (3 November 1913 - 12 January 1933) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] revolutionary and activist of the [[Indian freedom movement]]. He was hanged in Midnapore Central jail.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&q=Pradyot+Kumar+Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate&pg=PA1845|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|last=P. N. CHOPRA|first=VOL.I|year=1969|isbn=9788123021805|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol I|first=Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=297}}</ref><br />
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==Revolutionary activities==<br />
Bhattacharya was born in [[Medinipur]], in [[British India]]. His father's name was Bhabataran Bhattacharya. He joined in the anti-British movement and [[Jugantar]] group while studying in [[Midnapore College]]. The revolutionaries of the [[Bengal Volunteers]] decided to assassinate ruthless Second magistrate Mr. Robert Doglas because he was responsible for killing two unarmed activists in Hijli Detention Camp. On 30 April 1932, Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal and Bhattacharya fired on the magistrate while he was presiding over a meeting of the Zilla District Board.<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|isbn=9788122410495|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> Pal escaped but Bhattacharya was caught on the spot with the revolver.<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|isbn=9781107186668|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> Pradyot did not utter any name in spite of severe torture by the police.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midnapore.in/bv.html|title=Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore|website=midnapore.in|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
On 12 January 1933 Bhattacharya was punished by hanging in Medinipur Central Jail but Prabhanshu remained untraced.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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