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{{Short description|Indian revolutionary and journalist}} | {{Short description|Indian revolutionary and journalist}} | ||
{{redirect|Barin Ghosh|the judge|Barin Ghosh (judge)}} | {{redirect|Barin Ghosh|the judge|Barin Ghosh (judge)}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Barindra Kumar Ghosh | | name = Barindra Kumar Ghosh | ||
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| caption = Barindra Kumar Ghosh | | caption = Barindra Kumar Ghosh | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|1|5|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|1|5|df=yes}} | ||
| birth_place =[[Croydon]], [[United Kingdom]] | | birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Sanjukta|last=Dasgupta|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/a-horrendous-tale-1502535075.html/amp|title=A horrendous tale|website=www.thestatesman.com|publisher=The Statesman|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|4|18|1880|1|5|df=yes}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|4|18|1880|1|5|df=yes}} | ||
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]] | ||
| occupation = Revolutionary, | | occupation = Revolutionary, journalist | ||
| nationality = [[ | | nationality = Indian | ||
| relatives = [[Sri Aurobindo]] (brother)<br/>[[Manmohan Ghose]] (brother) | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Anushilan Samiti}} | {{Anushilan Samiti}} | ||
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== Revolutionary activities == | == Revolutionary activities == | ||
{{Main|Anushilan | {{Main|Anushilan Samiti}} | ||
Barin came back to [[Kolkata]] in 1902 and started organising several revolutionary groups in Bengal with the help of [[Jatindranath Banerjee]]. In 1906, he started publishing ''[[Jugantar Patrika|Jugantar]]'', a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] weekly and a revolutionary organization named [[Jugantar]] soon followed. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle of [[Anushilan Samiti]] and it started preparation for armed militancy activities to oust British from Indian soil. | Barin came back to [[Kolkata]] in 1902 and started organising several revolutionary groups in Bengal with the help of [[Jatindranath Banerjee]]. In 1906, he started publishing ''[[Jugantar Patrika|Jugantar]]'', a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] weekly and a revolutionary organization named [[Jugantar]] soon followed. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle of [[Anushilan Samiti]] and it started preparation for armed militancy activities to oust British from Indian soil. | ||
Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee alias [[Bagha Jatin]] were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group in [[Maniktala]], Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition. | Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee alias [[Bagha Jatin]] were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group in [[Maniktala]], Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition. | ||
Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionaries [[Khudiram Bose|Khudiram]] and [[Prafulla Chaki|Prafulla]] on 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as the [[Alipore Bomb Case]]) initially sentenced Barin Ghosh and [[Ullaskar Dutta|Ullaskar Datta]] to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by Deshbandhu [[Chittaranjan Das]] and Barin was deported to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] in 1909 along with other convicts. | Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionaries [[Khudiram Bose|Khudiram]] and [[Prafulla Chaki|Prafulla]] on 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as the [[Alipore Bomb Case]]) initially sentenced Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh and [[Ullaskar Dutta|Ullaskar Datta]] to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by Deshbandhu [[Chittaranjan Das]] and Barin was deported to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] in 1909 along with other convicts. In the [[Cellular Jail]], Barin Ghosh was locked up beside [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] & he successfully managed to flee [[Cellular Jail]] in 1915. But British caught Barin Ghosh again from [[Puri]] after [[Balasore]] Battle with Bagha Jatin. | ||
== Release and later activities == | == Release and later activities == | ||
Barin was | Barin Ghosh successfully escaped from [[Cellular Jail]] & was the only freedom fighter to do so in 1915. He was hiding in [[Puri]] during Battle of [[Balasore]], where Bagha Jatin fought the British. Barin Ghosh was caught again from Puri & sent to [[Cellular Jail]] Andaman. He was kept under Solitary confinement for 5 long years. During a general amnesty in 1920, Barin was released and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed an ''[[ashram]]'' in [[Kolkata]]. He published his memoirs "The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans".<ref name="barin">{{cite book|first=Barindra Kumar|last=Ghose|title=The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans|publisher=Arya Publications|year=1922|place=Pondicherry|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924031246410/cu31924031246410_djvu.txt}}</ref> In 1923, he left for [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] where his elder brother [[Sri Aurobindo|Aurobindo Ghosh]] had formed the [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]]. He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality and [[Sadhana]]. Barin returned to [[Kolkata]] in 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started an English weekly, ''The Dawn of India''. He was associated with the newspaper ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', and in 1950, he became the editor of the Bengali daily ''[[Dainik Basumati]]''. Around this time he got married. He died on 18 April 1959. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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[[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian journalists]] | ||
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]] | [[Category:Indian revolutionaries]] | ||
[[Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to death]] | [[Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to death]] | ||
[[Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment]] | [[Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment]] | ||
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]] | [[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]] | ||
[[Category:Indian independence activists from West Bengal]] | |||