Kali Nath Roy (1878 – 9 December 1945) was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

nationalist journalist and the Chief Editor of the newspaper

The Tribune ''The Tribune'' or ''Tribune'' is the name of various newspapers: United States Daily California *'' Oakland Tribune'' * ''The Tribune'' (San Luis Obispo) *''San Gabriel Valley Tribune'' Indiana *'' Kokomo Tribune'' *'' Peru Tribune'' * ''The Tri ...

. His son Samarendra Nath Roy was a mathematician and applied statistician.

Early life

Roy was born in 1878 at

Jessore Jessore ( bn, যশোর, jôshor, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District situated in Khulna Division. It is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district ...

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. While studying F.A. in

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

he joined in anti British movement and left college. He started work as sub editor of Bengali Magazine, edited by

Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee often known as Rashtraguru ( bn, Rāṣṭraguru, Teacher of the Nation; 10 November 18486 August 1925) was Indian nationalist leader during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian Nat ...

Career

In 1911 Roy joined 'The Panjabi' magazine as editor thereafter become the editor-in-chief of the Tribune magazine published from

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

. He condemned the atrocities of British police and martial law in his column as well as argued for press liberty. Government accused him for publication of seditious writings. Roy was popular for his fearless, brave articles and known as ''Kali Babu''.

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

praised Roy's political writings in 1932. During the massacre of the Indians at the hands of the British in the infamous

Jallianwala Bagh massacre The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. A large peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, to protest against the Rowlatt Act and arrest of pro-independenc ...

in April 1919, The Tribune published a news report titled "Prayer at the Jama Masjid", on 6 April 1919. For this Roy was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years along with a fine of one thousand rupees. Lahore based Bengali advocate Sudhir Mukhopadhyay pleaded and defended for him in the Court and people collected money to run the case. Even

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

tried personally for his release.

Death

Roy's health declined rapidly in the severe winter of Lahore. He left Lahore on 1 December 1945, caught a chill during the journey and died on 9 December 1945 in Kolkata.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Kali Nath 1878 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Indian writers Indian male writers 20th-century Indian male writers 19th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian writers 19th-century Indian writers 19th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian journalists Indian journalists Indian editors Indian magazine editors People from Jessore District Bengali writers Scottish Church College alumni Journalists from West Bengal Journalists in British India