Atul Sen

Atul Sen
Atul Sen
Born	Senahati, Khulna District, British India
Died	August 5, 1932; Kolkata, British India
Cause of death	Suicide
Occupation	Indian independence movement activist
Organization	Jugantar

Atul Sen (? – 5 August, 1932) (Bengali: অতুল সেন) was a Bengali Indian independence movement revolutionary activist against British rule in India. He often used the aliases Sambhu and Kutti.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Atul Sen was born in Senahati village, Khulna District in British India. His father's name was Ashwini Kumar Sen. While still a student, he joined the Revolutionary party. As a student, he came in contact with the famous revolutionaries of the village, Rasiklal Das, Anujacharan Sen, Ratikanta Dutt and Kiran Chandra Mukherjee and was initiated into the mantra of revolution.^[1]

Revolutionary activities[edit]

He was an active member of the Jugantar Party, while studying in Jadavpur Engineering College. During the independence movement, the Statesman was campaigning against the revolutionaries in such a way that the revolutionaries decided to kill Watson, the editor of the newspaper, in order to retaliate and prevent it. On 5 August 1932, he shot at Sir Alfred Watson,^[2] but he failed to murder Mr. Watson and was arrested immediately. He committed suicide by consuming potassium cyanide.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) (PDF). New Delhi: Ministry of Culture, Government of India & Indian Council of Historical Research. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-938176-0-5.
^ Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) (PDF). New Delhi: Ministry of Culture, Government of India & Indian Council of Historical Research. 2016. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-938176-0-5.
^ Sengupta, Subodhchandra (1998). Sansad Bangali charitabhidhan. Vol. 1. Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-85626-65-9. OCLC 59521727.
^ Rakshita-Rāẏa, Bhūpendrakiśora (1966). Sabāra alakshye (in Bengali). Bijñala Pābaliśārsa. p. 104.

[:0-1] Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) (PDF). New Delhi: Ministry of Culture, Government of India & Indian Council of Historical Research. 2016. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-938176-0-5.

[2] Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) (PDF). New Delhi: Ministry of Culture, Government of India & Indian Council of Historical Research. 2016. p. 263. ISBN 978-81-938176-0-5.

[3] Sengupta, Subodhchandra (1998). Sansad Bangali charitabhidhan. Vol. 1. Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-85626-65-9. OCLC 59521727.

[4] Rakshita-Rāẏa, Bhūpendrakiśora (1966). Sabāra alakshye (in Bengali). Bijñala Pābaliśārsa. p. 104.

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