Nirmal Jiban Ghosh (5 January 1916 – 26 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the

Bengal Volunteers Bengal Volunteers Corps was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule of India. The group was functional from its inception in 1928 to the Indian independence. The beginning Subhas Chandra Bose organised a group of voluntee ...

. He was hanged on 26 October 1934 for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge.

Family

Ghosh was born in Dhamasin village,

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 1916. His father name was Jamini Jibon Ghosh. He was admitted in I.A. in

Midnapore College Midnapore College, established in 1873, is the oldest college in Midnapore, in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. ...

and joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of

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. His family was attached with the

Indian freedom movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal. ...

. His brother Prof. Binoy Jibon Ghosh was dismissed from service for having a connection with the

Swadeshi movement The Swadeshi movement was a self-sufficiency movement that was part of the Indian independence movement and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism. Before the BML Government's decision for the partition of Bengal was made public in ...

. Another brother Naba Jibon Ghosh committed suicide while imprisoned by the British. His elder brother

Jyoti Jibon Ghosh Jyoti Jibon Ghosh (1910 – 1968), was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence. He is a close associate of revolutio ...

was also imprisoned.

Revolutionary activities

After the murder of Magistrate Paddy and Robert Douglas no British officer was ready to take the charge of Midnapore. Mr. Bernard E J Burge, a ruthless District Magistrate was posted in

Midnapore district Midnapore district was a district of the state of West Bengal, India. This district was bifurcated on 1 January 2002 into the Purba Medinipur district and the Paschim Medinipur district. On 4 April 2017, the Jhargram subdivision of Paschim Medin ...

. The members of the Bengal volunteers i.e. Ramkrishna Roy,

Brajakishore Chakraborty Brojokishore Chakraborty (1913 – 25 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence. He was hanged ...

Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal (15 July 1913 – 2 June 2007) nick named Jambu, was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independen ...

, Kamakhya Charan Ghosh, Sonatan Roy, Nanda Dulal Singh, Sukumar Sen Gupta, Bijoy Krishna Ghose, Purnananda Sanyal, Manindra Nath Choudhury, Saroj Ranjan Das Kanungo, Santi Gopal Sen, Sailesh Chandra Ghose, Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta etc. decided to assassinate him. Ghosh along with Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigen Dutt shot him dead while Burge was playing a football match ( Bradley-Birt football tournament) named by

Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, ICS, FRGS (25 June 1874 – 11 June 1963) was a British diplomat and writer. Biography He began his career as an English member of the Indian Civil Service. His duty in India began in 1896, and he started as an ass ...

at the police grounds of

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore (Pron: med̪iːniːpur) is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as '' ...

on 2 September 1933. Special Tribunal under B.C.L.A. Act, 1925 found them guilty and sentenced to death.

Death

Ghosh was hanged in Medinipur Central Jail on 26 October 1934. Brajakishore and Ramkrishna were sentenced to death in 25 October.

References

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