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| name = Tarakeshwar Sengupta<br />
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| caption = Sahid Tarakeswar Sengupta<br />
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| birth_date = 15 April 1905<br />
| birth_place = Gaila village, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br /><br />
| death_date = 16 September 1931<br />
| death_place = [[Hijli Detention Camp]], [[British India]]<br />(now in [[India]])<br />
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| known_for = Role in Indian freedom struggle<br />
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'''Tarakeshwar Sengupta''' ({{langx|bn|তারকেশ্বর সেনগুপ্ত}}, 15 April 1905 – 16 September 1931) was an Indian independence activist who took part in the [[Chittagong Armoury Raid]]. He was a member of revolutionary group of ''Masterda'' [[Surya Sen]].<ref name="NARESH JANA 2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1020911/asp/bengal/story_1188458.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020919045155/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020911/asp/bengal/story_1188458.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2002|title=IIT revival pill for historic Hijli Jail|last=NARESH JANA|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Sengupta was born on 15 April 1905 in Gaila village of [[Barisal District]], [[British India]] at present [[Bangladesh]], in a Bengali middle-class family. He was inspired with the idea of patriotism in his family environment.<br />
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==Revolutionary activities==<br />
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Tarakeshwar Sengupta was a social workers. Connected with the Gaila branch of the [[Jugantar]], he was also attached with the [[Sankar Math]] and Gaila Sevasram. Sengupta was arrested and imprisoned for a few months. He joined the [[Salt Satyagraha]] and was again arrested in D.I rule and sent to Hijli Jail.<ref name="NARESH JANA 2017" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
On 16 September 1931 police shot and killed Tarakeshwar Sengupta along with [[Santosh Kumar Mitra]] in [[Hijli Detention Camp]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/iit-kharagpur-remembers-its-hijli-jail-days/130948/|title=IIT-Kharagpur remembers its Hijli Jail days|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-variety/historical-site/article1670939.ece|title=Historical site|date=2007-10-03|work=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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