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Rodda Company Arms Heist
The Rodda company arms heist took place on 26 August 1914 in Calcutta, British India. Members of the ''Jugantar'' faction of the Bengali revolutionary organisation ''Anushilan Samiti'' intercepted a shipment of Mauser Pistols and ammunition belonging to Messrs Rodda & co., a Calcutta gun dealer, while these were en route from the Customs house to the company's godown, and were able to make away with a portion the arms. In Bengal, the revolutionaries achieved a major success in August 1914, when a large consignment of 50 Mauser pistols and 46,000 rounds of ammunition was appropriated by them from the Rodda firm in Calcutta through a sympathetic employee. The heist was a sensational incident, being described by ''The Statesman'' as the "Greatest daylight robbery". In the following years, the pistols and ammunitions were linked to almost all the incidences of nationalist struggles in Bengal. By 1922, the police had recovered most of the stolen arms. Background Western Anushilan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of East India, Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the List of cities in India by population, seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naren Bhattacharya
Manabendra Nath Roy (born Narendra Nath Bhattacharya, better known as M. N. Roy; 21 March 1887 – 25 January 1954) was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, as well as a noted philosopher in the 20th century. Roy was the founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India (Tashkent group). He was also a delegate to congresses of the Communist International and Russia's aide to China. In the aftermath of World War II Roy moved away from orthodox Marxism to espouse the philosophy of radical humanism, attempting to chart a third course between liberalism and communism. Early life (1887–1910s) Early years Narendra Nath "Naren" Bhattacharya, later known as M. N. Roy, was born on 21 March 1887 at Arbelia, located in the North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, near Calcutta (Kolkata). The Bhattacharyas were Sakta Brahmins – a family of hereditary priests.Ray, ''In Freedom's Quest,'' vol. 1, p. 14. Naren's paternal grandfather was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haridas Dutta
Haridas Dutta (16 November 1890 — 29 February 1976) was a Bengali revolutionary involved with Rodda company arms heist case. Early life Dutta was born in 1890 in Dhaka, British India. He came in contact with senior Bengali revolutionary Hemchandra Ghosh and joined in Mukti Sangha. In 1912, Dutta and Khagendra Nath Das entered into Alexander Jute Mill near Jagatdal as labour and worked there for three months to assassinate a British engineer. But they failed and fled away from there. Rodda arms heist While Shrish Chandra Mitra alias ''Habu'' informed about the consignment of arms and ammunition of the Radda Company, activists Bipin Behari Ganguli, Bagha Jatin, Anukul Mukherjee and others planned to rob this. The date for the heist was fixed on 26 August 1914. Dutta meet lawyer PD Himmatsinka, at Mitra Lane, Kolkata. Himmatsinka with the help of a barber gave Dutta a bullock cart driver look. On 26 August Shrish Chandra Mitra loaded 10 boxes of ammunition containing 50 Mauser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
