Santosh Kumar Mitra Explained

Santosh Kumar Mitra
Birth Place:Central Calcutta, British India
(now in Kolkata)
Death Place:Hijli Detention Camp, British India
(now in India)
Organization:Jugantar
Known For:Role in Indian freedom struggle
Father:Durga Charan Mitra
Spouse:Jyotsna Mitra

Santosh kumar Mitra (Bengali: সন্তোষ কুমার মিত্র) or Santosh Mitra (15 August 1900 – 16 September 1931) was an activist of the Indian independence movement and a martyr.

Early life

Mitra was born on 15 August 1900 in Kolkata, in a middle class Bengali Kayastha family. He passed matriculation from Hindu School, Kolkata in 1915 and became graduate from the University of Calcutta in 1919. During the period 1921–22, he completed his M.A and LL.B.[1]

Revolutionary activities

Santosh Mitra joined the Indian National Congress. He founded the Swaraj Sevak Sangha and was attached with Hooghly Vidya Mandir which was headed by Bhupati Majumder, one of the Jugantar Leaders in 1922. He organised a Socialist conference in Kolkata in the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru. After the suspension of Non-cooperation movement Mitra shifted to the extremist movement in the struggle for Independence. He was charged with Shankharitola Murder Case and arrested in 1923.[2]

Death

On 16 September 1931, police shot and killed Santosh kumar Mitra and another inmate Tarakeswar Sengupta in Hijli Detention Camp.[3] [4]

Legacy

Santosh Mitra Square, the famous park in Kolkata is named after him. The location is also well-known as the venue of a high-profile Durga Puja.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Part I, Arun Chandra Guha. Indias Struggle Quarter of Century 1921 to 1946. 9788123022741. 22 November 2017. 12 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012055723/https://books.google.com/books?id=7jaaDQAAQBAJ&q=santosh+mitra+hijli&pg=PT234. live.
  2. Book: Vol - I, Subodh S. Sengupta & Anjali Basu. Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Sahitya Sansad. 2002. Kolkata. 559.
  3. Web site: IIT-Kharagpur remembers its Hijli Jail days. financialexpress.com. April 2007 . 22 November 2017. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042302/http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/iit-kharagpur-remembers-its-hijli-jail-days/130948/. live.
  4. News: IIT revival pill for historic Hijli Jail. Naresh. Jana. 11 September 2002. 10 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142312/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1020911/asp/bengal/story_1188458.asp. dead.