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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Sukamar Bannerjee<br />
| image = Martyr Sukumar Bannerjee.jpg<br />
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| caption = Sukamar Bannerjee<br />
| other_names = Sukumar Bandhopadhay<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|06|25|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Bollavpur estate of Raniganj, Asansol district, West Bengal.<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|11|15|1910|06|25|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Raniganj, Asansol district of West Bengal<br />
| occupation = Assistant Secretary of Raniganj Paper Mill<br />
| years_active = <br />
| known_for = Indian freedom movement<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Sukumar Bannerjee''' (25 June 1913 – 15 November 1938) was an Indian [[revolutionary]] from [[West Bengal]]. He is known mainly for his martyrdom while protesting against the British officers at the Raniganj [[Paper mill|Paper Mill]].<br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
Sukumar was born on 25 June 1910 in the [[Ballavpur]] estate of [[Raniganj]], present day Kuldiha. At the age of 22, he worked as an assistant secretary at the Raniganj paper mill.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
On 15 November 1938, a British Officer in Raniganj Paper mill, in an attempt to break the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|non-cooperation movement]] there, was trying to harass the movement leaders, with the police officers. Sukamar tried to resist him and the British officer drove his [[lorry]] over Sukumar killing him instantly. He became a [[martyr]] in the cause of the non-cooperation movement in Raniganj.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Sahid Sukumar Bandhopadhay Sarani in [[Bidhannagar]], [[Durgapur]], West Bengal, is named after him. There has also been a school, a market complex and a library named after him.<br />
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== References==<br />
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* {{Cite web|date=2019-11-15|title=শহীদ দিবসে স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রামী সুকুমার ব্যানার্জি কে শ্রদ্ধায় স্মরণ রানিগঞ্জে |url=https://bengali.newsfrontliner.org/cpim-organised-remembrance-day-freedom-fighter-sukumar-banerjee-raniganj/|access-date=2021-07-06|language=en}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian nationalists]]<br />
[[Category:Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule]]<br />
[[Category:1910 births]]<br />
[[Category:1938 deaths]]</div>TiaBurwell25