Motilal Roy
Motilal Roy | |
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| Born | 5 January 1883 Borai Chanditala, Chandannagore, Hooghly district, British India
( Now in West Bengal, India) |
| Died | 10 April 1959 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Revolutionary leader, journalist, social reformer |
Motilal Roy (5 January 1883 — 10 April 1959) was a Bengali revolutionary and journalist who founded the Prabartak Sangha, a nationalist organisation for social works.[1]
Early life
Motilal Roy was born at Borai Chanditala, Chandannagore, Hooghly district in British India. His father was Biharilal Singha Roy. Their family was from Uttar Pradesh. After his only daughter died, Roy was attracted to Vaishnavism and in 1920 he organised a group to serve poor people.[2]
Activities
Motilal joined in the movement against Partition of Bengal (1905) in 1905. Later he was attached with armed revolutionaries of Bengal. He collected that revolver and supplied to Kanailal Dutta by Shrish Chandra Ghosh for the assassination of Naren Goswami in 1908. Roy established the Prabartak Sangha under the inspiration of Sri Aurobindo. Roy's home as well as the Sangha were the important safe house of Indian freedom fighters. Hundreds of Indian independence activists took shelter in Roy's house. Being a senior member of the revolutionary group he provided money and arms to the revolutionaries.[3] in 21 February 1910 Aurobindo reached at Chandannagar and stayed in Roy's house for 42 days safely before going Pondicherry. Roy assumed the title of Sangha Guru or the chief spiritual leader of the organization.[4][5] He also established school, library, students hostel publication house and Khadi business for people.[2] A fortnightly journal of his organisation named Prabartak was edited by another senior revolutionary Manindra Nath Nayak.[6]
References
- ^ Sangha, Prabartak (1970). "Message and Mission of Prabartak Samgha". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b Volume 1, Subhodh Chandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Bibliographical Dictionary) (in Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. pp. 390–391. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Next weekend you can be at Chandernagore". telegraphindia.com. 6 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Peter Heehs (2008). The Lives of Sri Aurobindo. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231140980. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Kaushal Kishore (January 2016). The Life and Times of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9788184303681. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Sailendra Nath Sen (2012). Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900-1955. Primus Books. ISBN 9789380607238. Retrieved 4 December 2017.