Hello friends, how are you all. I hope everyone are healthy and doing progress in life. Today from Indian History, we are going to talk about Benoy Basu, Dinesh Gupta and Badal Gupta, three young revolutionaries:
- whose trio had shaken the British Writers' House in Calcutta.
- the same revolutionary trio killed an English lieutenant colonel while wearing European clothes.
- the same trio killed the Englishman, who was oppressing the revolutionaries, to death in his own house.
Let's get some information about Benoy Basu, Dinesh Gupta and Badal Gupta.
Who was Benoy Basu, Dinesh Gupta and Badal Gupta?
Benoy Basu
Benoy Basu was also known as Benai Basu or Vinay Basu. He was born on 11 September 1908 in Rohitbhog village of Munshiganj district (now in Bangladesh).
His mother's name was Kshirodabashini Devi and his father's name was Rebatimohan. His full name was Benoy Krishna Basu. Benoy Basu was very gifted in studies. He was a student of Dhaka Medical College.
Dinesh Gupta
Dinesh Gupta was born on 6 December 1911 in Munshiganj. He met Arvindo Ghosh and his life changed. He was so impressed by listening to Aurobindo Ghosh's speeches. He had awakened a curiosity to do something for the country (India).
Badal Gupta
Badal Gupta was born in 1912 in Munshiganj. His childhood name was Sudhir. Badal Gupta had two uncles who were also earlier associated with revolutionaries. Badal was very good at shooting guns, so he used to teach new revolutionaries how to shoot guns.
Why did the revolutionaries think of killing British officer Colonel Simpson?
Subhash Chandra Bose founded the Bengal Volunteer Group in Calcutta. The revolutionaries involved in it made a list of the British who oppressed the Indian revolutionaries. Colonel Simpson's name from Calcutta came first in that list.
Colonel Simpson was the jailer of the Central Jail in Calcutta, he used to torture the prisoners very badly in the jail. Now the revolutionaries were planning to kill Colonel Simpson. Benoy Basu had earlier killed British Inspector General of Police Loman in Dhaka and kept coming to Calcutta from there.
After coming to Calcutta, Benoy joined the organization founded by Subhash Chandra Bose. Badal and Dinesh were also working in the organisation. So the work was entrusted to Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta.
How Benoy Basu, Dinesh Gupta and Badal Gupta showed revenge?
Benoy, Badal and Dinesh made all preparations to kill Colonel Simpson. They decided to kill Colonel Simpson by breaking into his office, so that the British could also know that Indians are not afraid of anyone and knows to take revenge.
Most of the British offices at that time were in the Dalhousie Square Writers' Building in Calcutta. Colonel Simpson's office was also located in this Square Writer's Building. According to the plan, the three men fixed 8 December 1930 as the day to kill Colonel Simpson.
How did Benoy, Badal and Dinesh entered the Writers Building?
Benoy, Badal and Dinesh were all dressed up as if they were going to meet a big leader. All three looked very English in suits, ties and boots.
car coming to writer's building
In a way that no one would suspect, the three men had hidden the gun in their own way and kept it with them. Three people entered the Writers Building by sitting in a car.
Even the British guard standing below the building could not recognized them. The guard thought that an Englishman working in the office must have come to meet someone. So the guard also took the three people to enter the building.
How did Benoy, Badal and Dinesh killed Lt. Col. Simpson?
Entering the building, they finds Colonel Simpson sitting in his office. The trio walked straight into his office and shot and killed Colonel Simpson.
On hearing the sound of gunshots, the clerk standing outside the office rushed inside. They came inside and tried to catch the three, but the three ran away outside the office. Benoy, Badal and Dinesh were trying hard to get out of the building.
How did Benoy, Badal and Dinesh died?
British soldiers surrounded them from all sides. They could not get out because they were afraid of revealing their identities. They did not wanted to get captured by British so they decided to commit suicide.
Benoy and Dinesh themselves tried to commit suicide by shooting themselves. Badal put a potassium cyanide pill in his mouth. Badal died instantly as soon as the pill was placed in his mouth.
Benoy and Dinesh were rushed to the hospital when they shot themselves. After a few days in the hospital, Benoy died during treatment. Dinesh was rescued and charged with murder. Dinesh was sentenced to death in the case.
Conclusion:
In this article we have seen that Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta killed an Englishman in the British office to scare the British. They martyred for the freedom of the country (India).
- Badal Gupta was martyred on 8 December 1930.
- Benoy Basu was martyred on 13 December 1930.
- While Dinesh Gupta was hanged on 7 July 1931.
Dinesh Gupta was only 19 years old when he was hanged.
Dinesh Gupta, who was sentenced to death by Judge Ralph Revods Garlick, was shot dead by Kanaiyalal Bhattacharya in his own court. Kanaiyalal Bhattacharya avenged the hanging of Dinesh Gupta by shooting the judge dead on 27 July 1931. Dalhousie Square was renamed "BBD Bagh" by the government after independence.
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