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'''Srish Chandra Mitra''' (death: 1915) or '''Habu''' was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] revolutionary and active member of [[Indian independence movement]]. | {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} | ||
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'''Srish Chandra Mitra''' (death: 1915?) or '''Habu''' was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] revolutionary and active member of [[Indian independence movement]]. | |||
==Revolutionary activities== | ==Revolutionary activities== | ||
Mitra was born in Raspur village, [[Amta]], [[Howrah district]]. He was popularly known as Habu Mitra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/district/howrah-hoogly/republic-day-2018-flag-raises-on-26-th-august-to-remember-shrish-chandra-mitra-1.745994?ref=শ্রীশ-মিত্র-topics-topic-stry|title=শ্রীশ-স্মৃতিতে রসপুরে পতাকা ওঠে ২৬ অগস্ট|date=January | Mitra was born in Raspur village, [[Amta]], [[Howrah district]]. He was popularly known as Habu Mitra.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/district/howrah-hoogly/republic-day-2018-flag-raises-on-26-th-august-to-remember-shrish-chandra-mitra-1.745994?ref=শ্রীশ-মিত্র-topics-topic-stry|title=শ্রীশ-স্মৃতিতে রসপুরে পতাকা ওঠে ২৬ অগস্ট|date=26 January 2018|language=bn|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> He joined in [[Anushilan Samiti]] and entered in British gun maker Rodda Company as an employee. Mitra was aware of a major consignment of arms and ammunition being shipped to the Company in August 1914 and planned to loot the arms for revolutionaries.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pinaki Biswas|title=Rabindranath Hatya Shorojantra (Bengali)|publisher=Lalmati Prakashan|year=2021|isbn=978-81-953129-3-1|location=Kolkata|pages=57}}</ref> On 26 August, he headed to the Customs house in [[Kolkata]] to receive the shipment on behalf of Rodda & Co. With him were seven Bullock carts. [[Haridas Dutta]], a member of [[Jugantar]] was dressed as the cart-driver for one of the carts Mitra took with him. Total of 202 boxes received by Mitra, [[Srish Pal|Srishh Pal]] and Khagendra Nath Das assisted him to reach those ammunition towards Mononga Lane via Mission row.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kolkataonwheels.com/rodda-case-a-daring-robbery/|title=Rodda Case - a Daring Robbery|access-date=15 July 2018}} {{deadlink|date=January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.100166/2015.100166.Two-Great-Indian-Revolutionaries_djvu.txt|title=Full text of Two Great Indian Revolutionaries|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> British police described that Mitra was the mastermind of the [[Rodda company arms heist]]. ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', in its edition on 30 August 1914 described the heist as 'The greatest daylight robbery'.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol - I|first=Subodh Chandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2013|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6|location=Kolkata|pages=738}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Shrish Chandra Mitra memorial at Raspur, Howrah 06.jpg|thumb|The Martyr Memorial, built at Raspur village in memory of Shrish Chandra Mitra]] | [[File:Shrish Chandra Mitra memorial at Raspur, Howrah 06.jpg|thumb|The Martyr Memorial, built at Raspur village in memory of Shrish Chandra Mitra]] | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
He remained underground as per the instruction of the Anushilan Samiti and went to [[Northeast India|North East India]] to avoid arrest. Possibly in 1915 Mitra decided to go to [[China]] by road that passing through the jungles but could not succeed to cross the border and shot dead by frontier guards.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVx-yK6MhaQC&dq=shrish+chandra+mitra+habu&pg=PT140|title=Indian Revolutionaries A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961|last=Volume 2|first=Śrīkr̥shṇa Sarala|date=January 1999|isbn=9788187100171|access-date=July | He remained underground as per the instruction of the Anushilan Samiti and went to [[Northeast India|North East India]] to avoid arrest. Possibly in 1915 Mitra decided to go to [[China]] by road that passing through the jungles but could not succeed to cross the border and shot dead by frontier guards.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVx-yK6MhaQC&dq=shrish+chandra+mitra+habu&pg=PT140|title=Indian Revolutionaries A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961|last=Volume 2|first=Śrīkr̥shṇa Sarala|date=January 1999|isbn=9788187100171|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&dq=srish+mitra+habu&pg=RA1-PA1785|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|last=VOL - I|first=P. N. CHOPRA|year=1969|isbn=9788123021805|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
==External links== | |||
* {{Commons category-inline|Shrish Chandra Mitra}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1915 deaths]] | [[Category:1915 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Anushilan Samiti]] | [[Category:Anushilan Samiti]] | ||
[[Category:Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule]] | |||
[[Category:People from Howrah district]] | [[Category:People from Howrah district]] | ||
[[Category:People from West Bengal]] | [[Category:People from West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:10, 17 December 2025
Srish Chandra Mitra (death: 1915?) or Habu was a Bengali revolutionary and active member of Indian independence movement.
Revolutionary activities[edit | edit source]
Mitra was born in Raspur village, Amta, Howrah district. He was popularly known as Habu Mitra.[1] He joined in Anushilan Samiti and entered in British gun maker Rodda Company as an employee. Mitra was aware of a major consignment of arms and ammunition being shipped to the Company in August 1914 and planned to loot the arms for revolutionaries.[2] On 26 August, he headed to the Customs house in Kolkata to receive the shipment on behalf of Rodda & Co. With him were seven Bullock carts. Haridas Dutta, a member of Jugantar was dressed as the cart-driver for one of the carts Mitra took with him. Total of 202 boxes received by Mitra, Srishh Pal and Khagendra Nath Das assisted him to reach those ammunition towards Mononga Lane via Mission row.[3][4] British police described that Mitra was the mastermind of the Rodda company arms heist. The Statesman, in its edition on 30 August 1914 described the heist as 'The greatest daylight robbery'.[5]
Death[edit | edit source]
He remained underground as per the instruction of the Anushilan Samiti and went to North East India to avoid arrest. Possibly in 1915 Mitra decided to go to China by road that passing through the jungles but could not succeed to cross the border and shot dead by frontier guards.[6][7]
External links[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "শ্রীশ-স্মৃতিতে রসপুরে পতাকা ওঠে ২৬ অগস্ট" (in Bengali). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ Pinaki Biswas (2021). Rabindranath Hatya Shorojantra (Bengali). Kolkata: Lalmati Prakashan. p. 57. ISBN 978-81-953129-3-1.
- ↑ "Rodda Case - a Daring Robbery". Retrieved 15 July 2018. [dead link]
- ↑ "Full text of Two Great Indian Revolutionaries". Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ Vol - I, Subodh Chandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2013). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 738. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
- ↑ Volume 2, Śrīkr̥shṇa Sarala (January 1999). Indian Revolutionaries A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961. ISBN 9788187100171. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ VOL - I, P. N. CHOPRA (1969). Who's Who of Indian Martyrs. ISBN 9788123021805. Retrieved 15 July 2018.