Abinash Chandra Bhattacharyya (16 October 1882

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'' in his youth. In 1910, Abinash Bhattacharya went to Germany to study chemistry at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he obtained his PhD. While in Germany, Bhattacharya again became involved in the Indian nationalist movement there, reviving old acquaintances from his Anushilan days. He was at this time close to Virendranath Chattopadhyaya and Harish-Chandra and, through his acquaintance with the

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, became a founding member of the

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, which during the war was involved in a number of failed plans for nationalist revolution within India and mutiny in the Indian Army. He returned to India in 1914 and founded a chemical factory called "Techno Chemical Laboratory and Works Limited" in Calcutta. He wrote articles on freedom movement Calcutta newspapers and wrote two books on freedom movements abroad. Bhattacharya died in Rishra in

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Published works

Bhattacharya published the following works: # ''Mukti Kon Pathe'' (Which Way to Liberation)(?) Provide details # ''Bartaman Rananiti'' (Modern Science of War) # ''Bahirbharate Bharater Muktiprayasa'' # ''Ranosojjaye Germany'' # ''Swaraj Sadhana'' # ''Mukti Sadhana'' # ''Germany Probasipatro'' # ''Europe a Bharatio Biplober Sadhana''

References

*Bose, A, Indian revolutionaries abroad, 1905–1922, in the background of international developments. Published by Bharati Bhawan, 1971. LCCN: 72906489 *Yadav, B.D (1992), M.P.T. Acharya, Reminiscences of an Indian Revolutionary, New Delhi:p85. Anmol Publications Pvt ltd, . *Trivedi, R.K (1994),The critical triangle: India, Britain, and Turkey, 1908-1924.p 224. Publication Scheme, 1994 by Raj Kumar Trivedi. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Abinash Bengali Hindus Indian revolutionaries 1967 deaths Hindu–German Conspiracy Anti-imperialism in Asia Anushilan Samiti 1882 births Indian independence activists from West Bengal