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'''Pulin Behari Das''' ( | '''Pulin Behari Das''' (28 January 1877 – 17 August 1949) was an Indian revolutionary and the founder-president of the [[Dhaka Anushilan Samiti]]. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
[[File:Faridpur Zilla School.jpg|thumb|right|Faridpur Zilla School, where he studied]] | [[File:Faridpur Zilla School.jpg|thumb|right|Faridpur Zilla School, where he studied]] | ||
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Pulin passed the Entrance examination from Faridpur Zilla School in 1894. He attended the [[Dhaka College]] and became the laboratory assistant and demonstrator while still a student at the college. From his childhood Pulin was attracted to physical culture. He was a very good ''[[lathi khela|lathial]]''. Inspired by the success of [[Sarala Devi]]'s akhada in [[Kolkata]], he opened an [[akhara]] at Tikatuli in 1903.<ref name="samsad"/> In 1905, he trained in [[fencing]] and ''[[lathi khela]]'' under Murtaza, the famous ''lathial''. | Pulin passed the Entrance examination from Faridpur Zilla School in 1894. He attended the [[Dhaka College]] and became the laboratory assistant and demonstrator while still a student at the college. From his childhood Pulin was attracted to physical culture. He was a very good ''[[lathi khela|lathial]]''. Inspired by the success of [[Sarala Devi]]'s akhada in [[Kolkata]], he opened an [[akhara]] at Tikatuli in 1903.<ref name="samsad"/> In 1905, he trained in [[fencing]] and ''[[lathi khela]]'' under Murtaza, the famous ''lathial''. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
In September, 1906, [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] and Pramatha Nath Mitra took a tour of the newly created province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.<ref name="agit">{{cite book|title=Political Agitators in India|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft|page=[https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft/page/67 67]}}</ref> The latter, while delivering his speech, asked them to come forward who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and Pulin had stepped forward.<ref name="agit"/> Subsequently, he was nominated to organize the [[Dhaka]] chapter of the [[Anushilan Samiti]]. In October,<ref>{{cite book|title=From Plassey to Partition:A History of Modern India|last=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay|publisher=Orient Blackswan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EpNz0U8VEQC|isbn=81-250-2596-0|page=260}}</ref> Pulin founded the Dhaka chapter with 80 young men. | In September, 1906, [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] and Pramatha Nath Mitra took a tour of the newly created province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.<ref name="agit">{{cite book|title=Political Agitators in India|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft|page=[https://archive.org/details/politicalagitato00slsnuoft/page/67 67]}}</ref> The latter, while delivering his speech, asked them to come forward who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and Pulin had stepped forward.<ref name="agit"/> Subsequently, he was nominated to organize the [[Dhaka]] chapter of the [[Anushilan Samiti]]. In October,<ref>{{cite book|title=From Plassey to Partition:A History of Modern India|last=Sekhar Bandyopadhyay|publisher=Orient Blackswan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EpNz0U8VEQC|isbn=81-250-2596-0|page=260}}</ref> Pulin founded the Dhaka chapter with 80 young men. | ||
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In 1928, he founded the Bangiya Byayam Samiti, at Mechhuabazar in Kolkata. It was an institute of physical culture and effectively an akhada where he began to train young men in stick wielding, swordplay and wrestling. | In 1928, he founded the Bangiya Byayam Samiti, at Mechhuabazar in Kolkata. It was an institute of physical culture and effectively an akhada where he began to train young men in stick wielding, swordplay and wrestling. | ||
== Later life == | == Later life == | ||
He came under the influence of a yogi and the feeling of non-attachment grew in him. He married & had three sons & two daughters. After that time till date Bangiya Byayam samiti was successfully run by his second son Dr. Sourendra Nath Das till date 2005. Presently his grand sons Biswa Ranjan Das & Manish Ranjan Das are seeking professional & governmental help to rebuild the ideals of PulinBihari. At that time [[Swami Satyananda Giri]] and his friends used to frequent his place and hold satsangs at a nearby cottage.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Collection of Biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga Gurus by Swami Satyananda Giri|last=Yoga Niketan|publisher=iUniverse|url=http://yoganiketan.net}}</ref> | |||
He came under the influence of a yogi and the feeling of non-attachment grew in him. He married & had three sons & two daughters. After that time till date Bangiya Byayam samiti was successfully run by his second son Sourendra till date 2005. Presently his grand sons | |||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
The University of Calcutta has a Special Endowment Medal named after him, called the Pulin Bihari Das Smriti Padak. | The University of Calcutta has a Special Endowment Medal named after him, called the Pulin Bihari Das Smriti Padak. | ||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Anushilan Samiti}} | {{Anushilan Samiti}} | ||
{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}} | {{Indian Revolutionary Movement}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Pulin Behari}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Pulin Behari}} | ||
[[Category:Anushilan Samiti|*]] | [[Category:Anushilan Samiti|*]] | ||