Manindra Nath Nayak (30 June 1897 – 28 December 1982) was a Bengali revolutionary and Indian independence activist.

Early life

Nayak was born in his maternal home at

Chandannagar Chandannagar french: Chandernagor ), also known by its former name Chandernagore and French name Chandernagor, is a city in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is headquarter of the Chandannagore subdivision and is part ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in British India. His father name was Bhushan Chandra Nayak. Manidra Nath was the first science graduated person of Chandannnagar. He passed B.Sc from Scottish Church College in 1913 but could not enter in Presidency College Calcutta for pursuing M.Sc due to police report.

Revolutionary activities

He was attracted to the revolutionary politics and member of secret society from student life. Nayak learnt to manufacture bombs by putting explosives in the empty shell of coconut even before Manicktala Conspiracy case. After that he was trained by Mr. Suresh Chandra Dutta, Professor of Ripon College, Calcutta to prepare improvised explosives. Rash Behari Bose sent bombs prepared by him to Lahore, and Delhi in 1912. The historic bomb used by

Basanta Kumar Biswas Basanta Kumar Biswas (6 February 1895 – 11 May 1915) was an Indian pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group who, in December 1912, played a role in the bombing of the Viceroy's parade in what came to be known as the Delhi-La ...

which wounded Lord Hardinge, was made by him. Since he was a resident of Chandannagar, a French territory, British police could not ever arrest him. Nayak also took care of the arms collected in

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 belo ...

Aftermath

In 1919 he became the member of French India Legislative Assembly and went to Pondicherry conference in 1920. Nayak developed close relation with

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...

and kept regular contact with him. He also attached with the social works organised by

Prabartak Sangha Prabartak Sangha ( bn, প্রবর্ত্তক সংঘ) is a charitable institution known for its social work. It was founded in 1920 by Motilal Roy, a revolutionary, who was inspired and initiated in the spiritual path by Sri Aurobindo. Ba ...

and became editor of Prabartak magazine started by Motilal Roy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nayak, Manindra Nath 1897 births 1982 deaths Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Indian revolutionaries Indian nationalists Indian Hindus Bengali Hindus People from Hooghly district Swadeshi activists Indian independence activists from West Bengal