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{{Infobox person
| name = Rameshwar Banerjee
| image = Rameshwar Banerjee.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Rameshwar Banerjee
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|02|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Baghra,Bikrampur, [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|11|21|1925|02|08}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| known_for = Role in [[Indian Independence Movement]]
}}

'''Rameshwar Banerjee''' ({{lang-bn|রামেশ্বর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়}}; 8 February 1925 – 21 November 1945) was a [[revolutionary]] and [[martyr]] of the [[Indian independence movement|Indian Independence Movement]]. He participated in the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942.<ref name=":0" />

In November 1945, the [[Indian National Army trials|trial]] of a number of officers of the [[Indian National Army]] began. Throughout India, widespread demonstrations were held. In [[Kolkata]], students led the movement. On 21 November during the rally organized by the students against British rule and for release of the officers of [[Indian National Army]], he was killed by police firing. Abdul Salam was also killed and more than 60 people were injured.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subodh|last2=Basu|first2=Anjali|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=671}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRbdJ5-dNd0C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=rameshwar+banerjee#q=rameshwar%20banerjee|title=Subhas Bose and India Today: A New Tryst with Destiny ?|last=Bose|first=Pradip|date=1999|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=9788176291798|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd4LAAAAYAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=Under Communismʼs Crimson Colours: Reflections on Marxism, India and the World Scene|last=Mukerjee|first=Hiren|date=1982|publisher=Peopleʼs Publishing House|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geUcAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=The Saga of Delhi|last=Bhattacharya|first=Vivek Ranjan|date=1977|publisher=Metropolitan Book Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ghuAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=Freedom fighters remember|last=Division|first=India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Publications|date=1997|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India|isbn=9788123005751|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjRuAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=Jyoti Basu, the authorized biography|last=Bandyopādhyāẏa|first=Surabhi|date=1997|publisher=Penguin Books India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/booksid=yHAwAQAAIAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj23cO__MfVAhVBgI8KHcPHAzg4ChDoAQg6MAU|title=Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian leftists and communists|last=Chattopadhyaya|first=Gautam|date=1997|publisher=People's Pub. House|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=22 November 1945|title=Police Fire on Calcutta Students|work=[[Hindusthan Standard|Hindustan Standard]]}}</ref> [[File:Rameshwar Banerjee Student Martyr.jpg|left|thumb|Picture of Rameshwar Banerjee in a local newspaper on 22 November 1945.]]

After his death, a two-mile-long procession was organized in the streets of Calcutta on 22 November.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkcrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT205&lpg=PT205&dq=rameshwar+banerjee#q=rameshwar%20banerjee|title=Calcutta: The Stormy Decades|last1=Sarkar|first1=Tanika|last2=Bandyopadhyay|first2=Sekhar|year=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351581714|language=en}}</ref> At least 25000 students marched, and the whole city was shut down by [[Hartal]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=23 November 1945|title=Police Fire on Unarmed Youths Several Times|work=[[Hindustan Standard|Hindusthan Standard]]}}</ref> The students marching along gave the anti-colonial slogans of "''Dilli chalo'' (March to Delhi), ''Lal-Kila tod do'' (Break down the [[Red Fort]])", and then "''Rameshwar Banerjee [[wikt:zindabad|Zindabad]]''".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukerji|first=Bithika|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWMqAAAAYAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=My Days with Sri Ma Anandamayi|date=2002|publisher=Indica Books|isbn=978-81-86569-27-6|language=en}}</ref> Although initially they were denied to march through [[B. B. D. Bagh|Dalhousie Square]] (the seat of power of the Bengal Government at that time), they were ultimately successful in parading through there. The colonial government's police had fired on the unarmed youths several times - 13 students were killed and at least 125 were injured. Among the killed was educationist [[Jyotirmayee Gangopadhyay]].<ref name=":1" /> From 21 to 23 November, at least 50 protesters were killed and more than 300 were injured from police brutality.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 November 1945|title=[[Kolkata]]r hatyākāṇḍe āmrā mr̥ityukē jaẏa kariyachi (কলকাতার হত্যাকাণ্ডে আমরা মৃত্যুকে জয় করিয়াছি)|work=Janajuddha (জনযুদ্ধ)}}</ref>

The Bengali poet [[Nirendranath Chakravarty]] wrote a poem eulogizing Rameshwar.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzVuAAAAMAAJ&q=rameshwar+banerjee&dq=rameshwar+banerjee|title=Contribution of Bengali writers to national freedom movement|last=Sānyāla|first=Āśisa|date=1989|publisher=Model Pub. House|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tripathi|first=Amales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=keO1AAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0+%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5+%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80&dq=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0+%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5+%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80|title=Svādhīnatā saṃgrāme Bhāratera Jātīẏa Kaṃgreśa, 1885-1947|date=1990|publisher=Ānanda Pābaliśārsa|isbn=978-81-7066-237-2|language=bn}}</ref>

== Birth ==
Rameshwar Banerjee was born in Baghra of [[Dhaka]]. His father's name is Shailendramohan Bandopadhyay.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]

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