- Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Barindra Ghosh, or, Barindra Ghosh, or, popularly, Barin Ghosh (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an
India n freedom fighter, revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members ofJugantar , a revolutionary outfit inBengal .Early life
Barindra Ghosh was born at
Croydon near London on 5 January 1880. His father Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh was a renowned physician and a reputed district surgeon. His mother Swarnalata was the daughter of famousBrahmo religious and social reformer, scholarRajnarayan Basu . Revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life,Aurobindo Ghosh was Barindranath's third elder brother. His second elder brotherMonmohan Ghosh was a scholar of English literature, a poet and professor of English atPresidency College, Calcutta and atDhaka University .Barindranath attended school in
Deoghar and after passing the entrance examination in 1901, joinedPatna College . He received military training inBaroda . During this time, (late 1800s – early 1900s) Barin was influenced by Aurobindo and drawn towards the revolutionary movement.Revolutionary activities
Barin came back to
Kolkata in 1902 and started organizing several revolutionary groups in Bengal with the help ofJatindranath Banerjee . In 1906, he started publishing "Jugantar", a Bengali weekly and a revolutionary organization named Jugantar soon followed. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle ofAnushilan Samiti and it started revolutionary activities.Barin and
Bagha Jatin were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group inManiktala , Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition.Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by 2 revolutionaries Khudiram and Prafulla on April 30, 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin Ghosh on May 2, 1908 along with many of his comrades. The trial—known as
Alipore bomb case —sentenced Barin Ghosh to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and Barin was deported to theCellular Jail inAndaman in 1909.Release and later activities
Barin was released in 1920 and returned to Kolkata and started a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed an
ashram in Kolkata. In 1923 he left forPondicherry where his elder brother Aurobindo Ghosh had formed the famous ashram. He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality andsadhana . But Barin Ghosh was a disciple of Sri SriThakur Anukulchandra . Sri Sri Thakur had guided his followers to help secure release of Barin who was using the code name 'Golghar' (after a monument in Patna) for his revolutionary activities. Barin returned to Kolkata on 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started a English weekly, "The Dawn of India". He was associated with the newspaper "The Statesman " and in 1950, he became the editor of the Bengali daily "Dainik Basumati ". He died on 18 April 1959.Works
* "Dvipantarer Banshi"
* "Pather Ingit"
* "Amar Atmakatha"
* "Agnijug"
* "Rishi Rajnarayan"
* "The Tale of My Exile"
* "Sri Aurobindo"External links
* [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/G_0120.htm Banglapedia article]
References
*Barindrakumar Ghosh, "Pather Ingit", Calcutta, 1337 (Bengali year)
*Upendra Nath Bandyopadhyaya, "Nirbasiter Atmakatha", Calcutta, 1352 (Bengali year)
*RC Majumdar, "History of the Freedom Movement in India", II, Calcutta, 1963.
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