Deba Gupta (December 1911 – 6 May 1930) alias Deba Prasad Gupta was a

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revolutionary who joined in the

Chittagong armoury raid The Chittagong armoury raid, also known as the Chittagong uprising, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in the Bengal Presidency of British India (now in Bangladesh) b ...

. He died in a Kalarpole encounter with the British police on 6 May 1930.

Revolutionary activities

Deba Gupta was born in December 1911 in

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, his father's name was Jogendranath Gupta (Mona). He came into contact with ''Masterda''

Surya Sen Surya Sen, also called Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 189412 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armour ...

and his revolutionary group while studying in college. He took part in the Chittagong Uprising led by the Indian Republican Army. Gupta took part in the Armoury raid on 18 April 1930 and an armed encounter in Jalalabad hill on 22 April 1930. After the encounter he, along with his friends, retired to the village with great difficulty after successfully evading police and military surveillance.

Death

The

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chased and finally surrounded them on 6 May 1930. Gupta and his three comrades took shelter in a village beside Karnafuli River. They tried to escape and entered a bamboo grove in Kalarpole,

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. While police arrived, there was a sharp exchange of fire. Gupta, Rajat Sen and Monoranjan Sen died. The fourth Swadeshranjan Ray died in police custody next day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Deba 1911 births 1930 deaths Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Anti-British establishment revolutionaries from East Bengal People from Dhaka District Indian revolutionaries People shot dead by law enforcement officers in India