Das, Hemchandra : Hemchandra Kanungo (1871-1951), one of the pioneer leaders of the secret revolutionary organization & a principal co-accused with Sri Aurobindo in the Alipore Bomb Case (1908-09). He went to England & Paris to learn (with the help of Sāvarkar) at India House in London the manufacture of explosives & bombs. “The authorities at Shimla had their hands strengthened when Morley (as the reader now knows from Viscount Morley’s Recollections, Vol. II, p.263), that disciple of Gladstone telegraphed a hint about the English Explosives Act. On 8th June 1908, when the Imperial Legislative Council met at Shimla, the armoury of the Central Govt. was replenished by the prompt enactment of the Explosives Substances Act & the Newspapers Incitement to Offences Act. .... The Muzaffarpur bomb explosion was followed by the arrest of Khudiram Bose…. The arrest of Shri Arvind Ghose followed. Besides Arvind, Hemchandra Das was the only young man of whom Tilak had heard before. Lālā Hardayāl, when he met Tilak a couple of months back, had informed him that Hemchandra had returned from Europe, equipped with knowledge useful for the manufacture of firearms & explosives. Mr P.M. Bāpat, on his return from Europe in March, had seen Tilak. He had also referred to Hemchandra. Tilak had succeeded in gleaning from these young men the instructions which their headquarters in London had chosen to issue to them. They were instructed to carry on preparations in secret & await the outbreak of the Anglo-German War. What was it that impelled the young men to hasty action, disregarding the directions of even their own leader? Tilak tried to solve this riddle, but failed!” [Karandikar: 296, 293] Sentenced to transportation for life in the Andamans, Hem was released in 1921 in the general amnesty granted after the Allies’ victory in World War I.
... there by Rajnarain had taken root. Midnapore was a stronghold of the Nationalists. Sri Aurobindo had gone there several times from 1902 onwards.There he had initiated Hemchandra Das Kanungo into revolutionary cult. When Hemchandra went to Paris in 1906 to learn bomb-making, Satyendranath Bose took his place. He was Rajnarain Bose's nephew and Barin's uncle. He taught History at the Midnapore Government... August 1908. So was Satyen (born 1882) on 27 November 1908, after he had helped Kanailal Dutt (born 1888) in the assassination of the approver Naren Goswami. Kauai was hanged on 10 November 1908. Hemchandra (1871-1950) was one of the deportees to Andaman. When he was in Paris, through the instrumentality of Madame Cama, he came into contact with the French Socialists and was apprenticed into their secret... narrative, "on a November evening on the eve of the Benares Congress held during the last days of December, 1905. The place of the meeting was a room at the Field and Academy Club in the Sib Narayan Das Lane just north-east of the present Vidyasagar College on Cornwallis Street.... Leaders of thought and society had been discussing the pros and cons of the then methods of political activity that were ...
... from schools and colleges, but from Bankim's novels and Robindranath Tagore's poems; so true is it that language is the life of a nation. Many are carrying on the great work in prose and poetry: Hemchandra, Nobin, Kamini Sen, Robindranath and Robindranath's sister, that flower of feminine culture in Bengal, Swarna Kumari Devi, and many more whose names it would take long to repeat; but another Bankim... in the smile of the City Corporation. He is the man of the present, but he is not the man of the future. On his generation, a generation servilely English and swayed by Keshab Chandra Sen and Kristo Das Pal, Bankim had little effect. Even now you will hear Anglicised Bengalis tell you with a sort of triumph that the only people who read Bengali books are the Bengali ladies. The sneer is a little out... they are its only readers. Already we see the embryo of a new generation Page 116 soon to be with us, whose imagination Bankim has caught and who care not for Keshab Chandra Sen and Kristo Das Pal, a generation national to a fault, loving Bengal and her new glories, and if not Hindus themselves, yet zealous for the honour of the ancient religion and hating all that makes war on it. With that ...
... deposed that Medini Bandhava , a Midnapore paper, had the crest of the lion and the unicorn. This crest was "changed to the Jagaddhatri Goddess. Change was due to Hemchandra Das"! Note also that Alipore Exhibit No. 876 is a letter from Hemchandra to Debdas. So, it was not only Sri Aurobindo and other leaders who introduced Hindu symbols, it was also Mr.Hemchandra Kanungo! Page 368 ... awaken the nation. This is a matter of opinion. Page 363 APPENDIX XI Hemchandra Kanungo's Work - A Criticism Hemchandra Kanungo, Banglay Biplav Prachesta (Calcutta: Manabbandhu Kanungo, 1928). 1. In this book Hemchandra Kanungo certainly has repeated himself endlessly on orthodoxy, religion, spirituality and caste. 2. As a document... revolution and Hemchandra must know they had no ' spirituality to hamper their work or success. It was reserved for Mr. Hemchandra Kanungo to announce that the revolution could not succeed, that India could not progress because of the caste system. We know very well the evils of the caste system and its responsibility for many social and economic ills of India. But it was for Mr. Hemchandra to tell us ...
... All the accused were charged with 'organising a gang for the purpose of waging war against the Government by criminal force', a grave offence under the Indian Penal Code. In the case of Barin, Hemchandra Das, Ullaskar Dutt and others, additional charges were framed, those of conspiracy, complicity in plots for assassination and other murderous acts, illegal manufacture of explosives, etc. etc., charges... courtroom, as usual, and at ten minutes to eleven, the Judge mounted the bench. Ten minutes later, he pronounced the sentence: Barin and Ullaskar were sentenced to death; ten others, including Hemchandra Das, were sentenced to transportation for life; seven others to transportation or imprisonment for varying periods. The remaining seventeen, whose names were not read out, were acquitted. Among them... into submission and win his cases. In the early stages of the trial, a number of lawyers appeared on behalf of Sri Aurobindo and the other defendants but after it had reached the Sessions stage C.R. Das took charge of the Defence, particularly that of Sri Aurobindo. He was then a rising barrister with a growing reputation, had known Sri Aurobindo in England and was closely connected with him in the ...
... mentioned, Mr. Kulkarni's biography in Marathi, Yogi Aurobindo Ghose, Girija Shankar Roy Chowdhury's so called life of Sri Aurobindo which appeared serially in the Bengali monthly, Udbodhan, and Hemchandra Das's story of the revolutionary movement in Bengal. I had occasion to refer to Sri Aurobindo all the doubtful points of these books for correction or corroboration. This gave me the correct ground ...
... has gone backward like a receding wave. After Bankim came the Epigoni, Hemchandra Banerji, Nobin Sen, Robindranath Tagore, men of surprising talent, nay, of unmistakable genius, but too obviously influenced by Shelley and the English poets. And last of all came the generation formed in the schools of Keshab Chandra Sen and Kristo Das Pal, with its religious shallowness, its literary sterility and its ...
... request, Ullaskar was made the judge and Sri Aurobindo agreed to take upon himself the role of counsel for the defendant. The court began. The counsels for the accused were Upen Bandopadhyaya, Hemchandra Das and others. The rest of us became witnesses for one side or the other. Yoga in the Jail Every morning after taking his bath Sri Aurobindo selected a corner in the hall as his living space... barrier at all. At that time so much liberality appeared a little too much for me. One day I went so far as to protest. It happened when I found he had written in a letter to his friend Sundari Mohan Das, “My friend Sudhir Kumar is going to see you”. I asked him point blank, “How do I become your friend? You, who are so much above me in learning, age, accomplishment and fame — in fact, in every respect... a district magistrate in the I.C.S.? Rather he looked like a mendicant, a fakir! He was just like any other prisoner, a criminal, a thief, a robber. He had nothing to discuss with his lawyers, C. R. Das and Byomkesh, no comments to give them about his case. He would sit in a corner of the dock and sometimes laugh uncontrollably, becoming almost red in the face. What he saw there he alone knew. During ...
... Visit to Bengal for forming secret societies during the longer holidays of the College. Organised the Midnapur revolutionary centre, initiated into the revolutionary cult Hemchandra Kanungo and three or four others who took the pledge given by Sri Aurobindo. Target practice with them. Was at the Ahmedabad sessions of the Indian National Congress where he... Discovered noble traits in hardened convicts and Jail officials. Saw in fellow under-trials pioneers of a new race in Bengal. Wrote four articles on the philosophy of the bomb. C. R. Das's magnificent defence oration. 1909 May 5 : Sri Aurobindo was acquitted and released. May 30 : His historic speech at Uttarpara, describing his visions and ... July: Arya stopped publication, giving 1easons. Visit of Wyllie Pearson, and his stay for sadhana. 1922 November: Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das's invitation to Sri Aurobindo to return to politics. His 'No', as he was then engaged in preparing to build on a 'perfect foundation' 'a higher consciousness.' 1923 June: Deshabandhu ...
... There he met Hemchandra Das, the revolutionary leader. On his return to Calcutta Jatin arranged a meeting between Sri Aurobindo and Barrister P. Mitter who had started an organisation of young men for revolutionary work under the guise of youth clubs for physical exercises etc. Mitter readily joined hands with Sri Aurobindo who administered the revolutionary oath to him and Hemchandra: holding a sword... Jatin and Barin. Jatin, it appeared, had become too rigid a disciplinarian and was losing his hold on the youth. Sri Aurobindo formed a committee of five consisting of P. Mitter, Sister Nivedita, C.R. Das, Surendranath Tagore and Jatin to be in overall charge of the revolutionary work in Bengal. Although some differences continued, the work under P. Mitter's leadership increased enormously. Hundreds of ...
... he stayed with Jogendra Vidya Bhushan, who was a Government servant and a sympathiser of the revolutionary movement. Devavrata and Suresh Samajpati were on Barin's side. Even Hemchandra Das was for Barin. Hemchandra Das ¹. Sri Aurobindo, On Himself, pp. 68-70. Page 55 writes; He [Jatin] had an intense desire for doing work. He was, besides, a military man. For a... Aurobindo presided over Sarat Chandra Mallick's lecture in the college. This year Sri Aurobindo went to Midnapur for the first time during the vacation. There he met Hemchandra Das. There was Practice of rifle shooting on Das's lands. It was resolved to form six centres of revolutionary work in Bengal. Jatin Banerjee and Barin accompanied Sri Aurobindo to Midnapur. Jatin had already started an... Jatin arranged an interview between the two. Sri Aurobindo gave the oath of the revolutionary party to P. Mitra. Sri Aurobindo later went to Midnapur for a second time and gave the oath to Hemchandra Das who, during the ceremony, held a sword in one hand and the Gita in the other. The content of the oath was to secure the freedom of Mother India at any cost and to declare the secret of the society ...
... soon gave up the case. It was then that Chittaranjan Das - the "Deshabandhu " of a later day - agreed to appear for Sri Aurobindo. It is said that the spirit of Brahmabandhab Upadhyaya, who had died during captivity in the Campbell Hospital, appeared in a dream to Das and told him that he should take up the defence of Sri Aurobindo. Das's mother too seems to have asked him not to hesitate, for... in their caged isolation used to engage in serious discussions, and on one occasion Sri Aurobindo traced the history of the revolutionary spirit, how Mironow the Russian revolutionary had told Hemchandra Kanungo in Paris: "We learnt revolutionary methods from the Chinese, who claim they got them from India. How is it, then, that you now come to us for light?" When the trial at last began,... effect to Minto: "He is the ring leader. He is able, cunning, fanatical.... But he has kept himself, like a careful and valued General, out of sight of 'the enemy'." [Quoted from Min to Paper in M.N. Das's India Under Morley and Minto (1964),p. 114] Page 311 like an animal in a cage. And when I would re-enter the world of activity it would not be the old familiar Aurobindo Ghose. ...
... devotion and sacrifice for Her have been unparalleled. Although just eighteen years of age, he became a trusted colleague of such notable revolutionaries as Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Ullaskar Dutt, Hemchandra Das, Profulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose, Kanailal Dutt and Satyendranath Bose. Thus was forged the link that shaped Sudhir’s destiny. Profile of Sudhir K. Sarkar on the eve of transportation ...
... I sent Jatin Banerjee to meet Mitra. Later when I went to Calcutta, Jatin introduced Mitra to me and the latter too took the revolutionary oath. I also met Hemchandra Das who worked for a secret society, that had been formed in Midnapur. Das was wealthy and it was on his extensive property that the young men perfected their rifle-shooting skills. The idea of establishing these secret societies was... tell you that she had visited Baroda earlier and we had met? Now to come back to the story of our Swadeshi Movement. I visited Midnapur with Jatin and Barin to found there a revolutionary centre. Hemchandra Das joined it as a member, taking the vow. His father was very wealthy. He was one of those who later went abroad to learn how to make bombs. "The main duty of these leaders was to strengthen the... above my head, which I could not do ordinarily." "Jatin Das is said to have fasted for sixty days or more. Is that so?" "Yes, and there are others too who have done the same. Page 194 The papers were full of instances of fasting. But I wonder if they too continued with their work and their walks. At least, as far as Jatin Das is concerned, it was never mentioned that he did his usual ...
... thought, why not have an alternative system with a true sonant syllabic basis—and, finally, I saw the birth (I mean as a recognised serious metre) of the svara-vrtta. Afterwards I came across Hemchandra's experiments in bringing in a quantitative element—and fell in love with the idea and hoped somebody would try it on a larger scale. But up till now this attempt to influence the future did not ... _________ 1. Probably of Sri Aurobindo's poem "Trance" (see Collected Poems). 2. Anilbaran Roy (3 July 1890 - 3 November 1974), a professor of Philosophy. At the call of Deshbandhu C. R. Das he joined politics and became one of the leaders of the Freedom Struggle as waged by Mahatma Gandhi, and went to jail. Later on he gave up Gandhi's ideal and turned to Sri Aurobindo. He joined Sri Aurobindo... Sri Aurobindo's revolutionary action. Resigning from the I.C.S., Subhash Bose entered the freedom movement and joined the Congress soon after his return to India in 1921. He worked with Chittaranjan Das, was imprisoned many times, and tried to orient the Congress towards firm action. In 1939, he fell out with Gandhi and the Congress, escaped in 1941 from house arrest, fled to Europe and stayed for a ...
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