Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Today we are going to know about an unsung hero whose name is very less known but he played a vital role in India’s freedom struggle against British.
Barindra Kumar Ghosh– Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter, popularly known as Barin Ghosh was born on 5 January 1880 in London. He was the youngest son of Krishnadhan Ghosh and Swarnalata Ghosh, and younger brother of Rishi Aurobindo. Barin was highly influenced by his brother Aurobindo and joined the revolutionary movement, and was actively associated with prominent freedom fighter Jatindranath Mukherjee. Barin started Jugantar, a Bengali weekly to propagate revolutionary ideas. Later the secret revolutionary group Jugantar was formed under the guise of a fitness club in Bengal. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle of Anushilan Samiti and it started preparation for armed militancy activities to oust British from Indian soil. He, along with Jatindranath Mukherjee was instrumental in recruiting young revolutionaries in the intensive police investigation following the murder attempt of Magistrate Douglas Kingsford in 1908. Barindra and Aurobindo were arrested on 2nd of May 1908 along with other freedom fighters in the Alipore, Muraripukur bomb case. Barindra Ghosh and Ullaskar Dutta were sentenced to death. However, with the intervention of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. In 1909, Barin was deported to cellular jail in Andaman. Barin was released during the general amnesty in 1920 and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. He published his memories in his book “The Tale Of My Exile – 12 years in Andaman”. In 1923, he visited Pondicherry and was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality and sadhana. Barindra 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 Statesmen” and in 1950 he became the editor of the Bengali daily “Dainik Basumati”. He died on 18 April 1959. We salute this great hero and the pioneer of the revolution that set India to its ultimate freedom!
Swastik Bikash Deb, Class - X