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{{Notability|Bio|date=May | {{Short description|Indian revolutionary (1885–1965)}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | |||
| name = Ullaskar Dutta | |||
| birth_name = | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|04|16|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Brahmanbaria District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now Bangladesh) | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|05|17|1885|04|16|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = [[Calcutta, West Bengal]], India | |||
| death_cause = | |||
| education = [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]], [[Calcutta]] | |||
| alma_mater = | |||
| occupation = Indian independence activist | |||
| known_for = Freedom Struggle | |||
| image = Ullaskar Dutta.jpg | |||
| caption = | |||
| native_name = উল্লাসকর দত্ত | |||
| native_name_lang = Bengali | |||
| other_names = | |||
| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]] | |||
| organisation = [[Jugantar]] & [[Anushilan Samiti]] | |||
| awards = | |||
}} | |||
{{Anushilan Samiti}} | {{Anushilan Samiti}} | ||
'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an Indian revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh|Barindra nath Ghosh]]. | |||
'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family. His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is. | Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Soumyendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ|title=Calcutta: Myths and History|date=1977|publisher=Subarnarekha|isbn=978-0-8364-0202-5|language=en|access-date=9 February 2022|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822144948/https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is. | ||
==Revolutionary activities== | ==Revolutionary activities== | ||
Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref> | Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar|title=Datta, Ullaskar - Banglapedia|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-date=3 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203161243/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar|url-status=live}}</ref> in an attempt to murder the venerable magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram. | ||
==Trial and sentence== | ==Trial and sentence== | ||
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==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957. | Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957. | ||
After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref> | After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx|title=Sundari Mohan|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227061022/http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] at that time she was a physically challenged widow woman and went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965 in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=4N5oTOG_KNP0cN-l-I8F&ct=result&id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ&dq=ullaskar+dutta&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22#search_anchor Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]] | [[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]] | ||
[[Category:Bengali-language writers]] | [[Category:Bengali-language writers]] | ||
[[Category:Indian independence activists from West Bengal]] | |||