- Badal Gupta
Badal Gupta ( _bn. বাদল গুপ্ত "Badol Gupto") (1912-1930) was a Bengali
India n freedom fighter and revolutionary.Early activities
Badal Gupta was born Sudhir Gupta in the village Purba Shimulia (West Shimulia) in the
Bikrampur region of Dhaka, now inMunshiganj District ,Bangladesh [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0229.htm Article on Badal Gupta] , by Sambaru Chandra Mohanta,Banglapedia ] . Badal was greatly inspired towards patriotism by Nikunja Sen, a teacher of the Banaripara School of Bikrampur. Badal joined theBengal Volunteers (BV) as a member.The battle at Writers' Building
Bengal Volunteers targeted Col NS Simpson,The Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for the brutal oppression on the prisoners in the jails. The revolutionaries decided not only to murder him, but also to strike a terror in the British official circles by launching an attack on the Secretariat Building - the
Writers' Building in the Dalhousie square inKolkata .On 8 December 1930, Badal along with Dinesh chandra Gupta and Benoy, dressed in European costume, entered the
Writers' Building and shot dead Simpson. Badal Gupta was also influenced by the revolutionary activities of his two paternal uncles Late Dharani Nath Gupta and Nagendra Nath Gupta who were victims of famous Alipore Bomb Case and were imprisoned along with Rishi Aurobindo Ghosh.British police started firing. What ensued was a brief gunfight between the 3 young revolutionaries and the police. Some other officers like
Twynam , Prentice and Nelson suffered injuries during the shooting.Soon police overpowered them. However, the three did not wish to be arrested. Badal took
Potassium cyanide , while Benoy and Dinesh shot themselves with their ownrevolvers . Badal died on the spot.ignificance
The martyrdom and self-sacrifice of Benoy, Badal and Dinesh inspired further revolutionary activities in
Bengal , in particular andIndia , in general.Fact|date=February 2007After independence, the Dalhousie Square was named
B.B.D. Bagh - after the Benoy-Badal-Dinesh trio.References
Bibliography
*Hemendranath Dasgupta, Bharater Biplab Kahini, II & III, Calcutta, 1948;
*RC Mazumder , History of the Freedom Movement in India, III, Calcutta 1963;
*Ganganarayan Chandra, Abismaraniya, Calcutta, 1966.
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