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{{Short description|Indian revolutionary (1905-1930)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shibakali Mondal
| image =
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| other_names =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now Kolkata, [[West Bengal]])
| death_date = 1930
| death_place = [[Krishnanagar]], [[Nadia district]], [[Bengal]], British India (now in West Bengal, [[India]])
| death_cause = Gunshot wound
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[University of Calcutta]]
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Indian independence activist
| organisation =
| known_for = Freedom Struggle, Social work
| movement = [[Non-cooperation movement]], [[Civil disobedience movement]]
| awards =
}}

'''Shibakali Mondal''' (1904- June 26, 1930), also spelled '''Shivkali Mandal''', was an [[Indian independence movement]] activist and social activist from Kushtia town, undivided [[Nadia district]], [[Bengal presidency]] (now in [[Kushtia]], [[Bangladesh]]).<ref>{{Cite book |title=DICTIONARY OF MARTYRS INDIA’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE (1857-1947) Vol. 4 |publisher=Indian Council of Historical Research |year=2019 |location=New Delhi |pages=386 |language=English}}</ref>

== Life and activity ==

=== Early life ===
Shibakali was born in 1905 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal (now in West Bengal). His father Ashutosh Mandal had ancestral house in Kushtia town, but he later moved to Kolkata, where he worked in telegram department. During his college days he took part in the [[Non-Cooperation movement]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Basu |first=Añjali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cg5XAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Saṃsada Bāṅālī caritābhidhāna |last2=Gupta |first2=Subodh Chandra Sen |date=1976 |publisher=Sāhitya Saṃsada |pages=511 |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Chopra |first=Pran Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKwBAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Who's who of Indian Martyrs |date=1969 |publisher=Ministry of Education and Youth Services, Government of India |pages=213 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Foundation of library and revolutionary organisation ===
Prior to his becoming a [[Indian National Congress|congress activist]], Mondal was widely known in Kushtia as a social worker. He had established a very good library in the local Tarun Sangha Club of the town. The self-sacrifice of the martyr [[Basanta Kumar Biswas]] deeply influenced Shibakali's life. Mondal founded a youth organization, and inspired other youths to join the freedom movement as volunteers.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Swadhinata Sangrame Nadia |publisher=Nadia Zela Swadhinata Sangramer Itihas Rachana Samiti |year=1973 |location=Krishnanagar |language=Bengali}}</ref>

=== Involvement in civil disobedience movement and martyrdom ===
In 1930, Mondal and his associates participated in the civil disobedience movement, hawking [[khaddar]] and breaking the law as congress workers. While participating in a rally, he was wounded by gunshot by [[British police]]. He later succumbed to the injuries and died in Krishnanagar on 26 June, 1930. The day is still remembered as the ''Shivakali Divas'' in the whole of the Nadia district.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Majumadāra |first=Dilīpa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfUhAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Bandīhatyā, bandīmukti o Rabīndranātha |date=1977 |publisher=Nabāṅkura Prakāśanī |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghosha |first=Amarendra Kumāra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NwRAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Śata śahīdera rakte |date=1970 |publisher=Tuli-Kalama |pages=159 |language=bn}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule]]
[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1930 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:People from Kushtia District]]
[[Category:People from Nadia district]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]]
[[Category:People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bengal]]

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