Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (alternately spelled as Shyam Sundar Chakravarty or Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, 12 July 1869 – 7 September 1932) was an Indian

revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. ...

, independence activist and journalist from

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. He was born in Bharenga,

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(currently in

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). He belonged to the "Pabna Group" of Bengali revolutionaries along with Abinash Chakravarty and Annada Kaviraj. In 1905 he was the sub-editor of the revolutionary journal ''Sandhya''. In 1906, he joined with

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nationalist newspaper ''

Bande Mataram ''Vande Mataram'' (Sanskrit: वन्दे मातरम् IAST: , also spelt ''Bande Mataram''; বন্দে মাতরম্, ''Bônde Mātôrôm''; ) is a poem written in sanskritised Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in the ...

'' as an assistant to its editor

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 later became its editor. In 1908, he was deported to Burma. Later he became an adherent of the non violent methods of

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and an office bearer of the Swaraj Party. He founded and edited the newspaper ''"The Servant"'' in 1920 to promote the

Non-cooperation movement The Non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.

Works

* ''Through Solititude and Sorrow'' * ''My Mother's Face''

References

Indian revolutionaries Indian National Congress politicians 1869 births 1932 deaths Bengali writers People from Pabna District 19th-century Indian journalists 20th-century Indian journalists Indian independence activists from West Bengal {{INC-politician-stub