Satish Chandra Pakrashi | |
Office1: | Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal |
Term Start1: | 7 November 1964 |
Term End1: | 30 December 1973 |
Office2: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Council |
Term Start2: | 1957 |
Term End2: | 1963 |
Birth Date: | 12 1893 df=y |
Birth Place: | Madhavdihi, Dacca District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964–1973) Communist Party of India (1938–1964) |
Known For: | Anushilan Samiti |
Satish Chandra Pakrashi (December 189330 December 1973) was an Indian communist revolutionary and freedom fighter.[1] He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council and a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2]
Satish Chandra Pakrashi was born in December 1893 in Madhavdihi village of Dacca, Bengal Presidency (modern day Bengladesh). His father's name was Jagadishchandra Pakrashi, and his mother's name was Mrinalini Pakrashi.[3] [4]
Pakrashi was died in Calcutta Hospital on 31 December 1973, for protacted illness.[5]
He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council for six years.[6] [7]
On 19 December 1929 Satish with others were arrested by british forces for planning armed uprising against the British colonial regime in India and was sentenced for 7 years in Cellular Jail. He was later he was released in 1938.[8]