Satish Sardar or Satish Chandra Sardar (1902 - 19 June 1932) was a

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revolutionary and martyr of the

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Early life

Satish Sardar was born in

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Chanderghat Chanderghat is a village under the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It belongs to Tehatta I CD block. The village situated near the border of Bangladesh and India besides the Jalangi river. District ...

village presently in

Tehatta subdivision Tehatta subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Nadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The plains spread southwards from ...

, Nadia. His father was Brajaraj Sardar. The No-Tax movement was started as part of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1932 and was first initiated in Chanderghat village on 13 April 1932. Sardar joined the movement.

Death

On 19 June 1932, the District committee conference of the

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was called in

Tehatta Tehatta is the headquarters of the Tehatta subdivision in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The place is a sub-divisions in the district of Nadia. It was declared as sub-division in 1996. Tehatta is located beside the India-Ban ...

and the police declared a curfew in this area. Sardar was going to raise a tricolour flag at the police station when the police fired on him. He died that day. At Chanderghat, a primary School was established in 1956 in his memory.

References

1902 births 1932 deaths Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Indian revolutionaries People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India People from Nadia district Indian independence activists from West Bengal {{India-bio-stub