COOCHBEHAR NEWS

4 Bangladeshis nabbed

 

COOCH BEHAR, Aug. 11: Jawans of Border Security Force of Seuti border outpost nabbed four Bangladeshi nationals from Sukarurkuthi area in Dinhata on Sunday evening. The four including a woman sneaked into Indian side by crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border. They are residents of Kurigram district in Bangladesh. The BSF handed over them to Dinhata Police for trespassing without any valid documents. []

 

ABN Seal College remembers Kshudiram Bose

 

COOCH BEHAR, Aug. 11: Exactly one hundred years from today, in the early hours of 11 August, 1908, Kshudiram Bose, one of the greatest and pioneering revolutionary freedom fighters of Bengal was hanged till death at Mujaffarpur Jail on charges of mistakenly killing wife and daughter of one European barrister instead of Kingsford, the Calcutta Presidency Magistrate who earned notoriety by his vengeance against the freedom fighters.

 

Khudiram's friend and accomplice Prafulla Chaki killed himself even before British Police arrest him. Kshudiram's martyrdom at the age of 19 heralded the beginning of organised revolutionary armed freedom struggle in Bengal. Hundreds and thousands of freedom fighters followed his footsteps and embraced martyrdom for the cause of the country.

 

To commemorate the centenary of the martyrdom of this immortal symbol of revolutionary consciousness, the department of History, ABN Seal College, Cooch Behar organised a symposium at the Seminar Hall today and interacted on the issues of martyrdom of Kshudiram Bose and its consequences in the revolutionary freedom struggle of India.

 

Mr Natendranath Kundu, freedom fighter who hails from Cooch Behar, graced the symposium as the chief guest and Dr Nilay Ray, officer-in-charge of the college, presided over it. Mr Kundu was felicitated by the department of History.

 

In her inaugural speech, Prof Sanghamitra Das, head of the department of History, welcomed the chief guest and explained the purpose of the symposium. She elaborated how the path of revolution in Bengal for the freedom of the country unveiled by Kshudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki was carried forward till 1930-32 by Jatin Das, Gopinath Saha, Surya Sen, Pritilata Waddedar and many other freedom fighters.

 

Prof Dhananjay Bhattacharjee conducted the symposium. He set the tone of the symposium by elaborating in detail the life and sacrifice of Kshudiram Bose and perspective under which Kshudiram-Prafulla Chaki combine were forced to resort to armed revolutionary struggle.

 

A number of students of the department of History spoke on the life and martyrdom of Kshudiram Bose and how he conquered death and became an unforgettable adolescent hero. A large number of students and teachers of the college attended the symposium. []