Sukamar Bannerjee | |
Other Names: | Sukumar Bandhopadhay |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1910 |
Birth Place: | Bollavpur estate of Raniganj, Asansol district, West Bengal. |
Death Place: | Raniganj, Asansol district of West Bengal |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Assistant Secretary of Raniganj Paper Mill |
Known For: | Indian freedom movement |
Sukumar Bannerjee (25 June 1910 – 15 November 1938) was an Indian revolutionary from West Bengal. He is known mainly for his martyrdom while protesting against the British officers at the Raniganj Paper Mill.
Sukumar was born on 25 June 1910 in the Ballavpur estate of Raniganj. At the age of 22, he worked as an assistant secretary at the Raniganj paper mill.
On 15 November 1938, a British Officer in Raniganj Paper mill, in an attempt to break the non-cooperation movement there, was trying to harass the movement leaders, with the police officers. Sukamar tried to resist him and the British officer drove his lorry over Sukumar killing him instantly. He became a martyr in the cause of the non-cooperation movement in Raniganj.
Sahid Sukumar Bandhopadhay Sarani in Bidhannagar, Durgapur, West Bengal, is named after him. There has also been a school, a market complex and a library named after him.