Atul Chandra Ghosh (1881-1969) was a prominent personality of the Indian freedom movement from

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district,

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. Born at Khandaghosh of

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, he passed law in 1908. He was the co-founder of "Shilpashram" (Rural Industry Development inside ashram) along with Nibaran Chandra Dasgupta. He was the chief architect of "Bangabhukti Andolon". He is famous in the title "Manbhum Keshari". He was active freedom fighter during

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and he left practicing the law and joined freedom struggle during non-cooperation movement. He was the editor of weekly Bengali newspaper "Mukti". His wife,

Labanya Prabha Ghosh Labanya Prabha Ghosh (1897–2003), also called Labanya Devi, a Gandhian, was a prominent personality of the Indian freedom movement, from Purulia District of West Bengal. She lived for almost 106 years and during later part of her life, w ...

was also a freedom fighter and continued as editor of Mukti after his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Atul Chandra 1881 births 1961 deaths Indian independence activists from Bengal People from Purulia district Prisoners and detainees of British India

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