Manindra Nath Nayak (30 June 1897 – 28 December 1982) was a Bengali revolutionary and Indian independence activist.
Manindra Nath Nayak | |
|---|---|
 Manindranath Nayek | |
| Born | 30 June 1897 |
| Died | 28 December 1982 (aged 85) |
| Occupation(s) | revolutionary, activist |
Early life
editNayak was born in his maternal home at Chandannagar, Hooghly district in British India. His father name was Bhushan Chandra Nayak.[1] Manidra Nath was the first science graduated person of Chandannnagar. He passed B.Sc. from Scottish Church College in 1913 but could not enter in Presidency College Calcutta for pursuing M.Sc. due to police report.[2]
Revolutionary activities
editHe was attracted to the revolutionary politics and member of secret society from student life.[3] Nayak learnt to manufacture bombs by putting explosives in the empty shell of coconut even before Manicktala Conspiracy case. After that he was trained by Mr. Suresh Chandra Dutta, Professor of Ripon College, Calcutta to prepare improvised explosives. Rash Behari Bose sent bombs prepared by him to Lahore, and Delhi in 1912. The historic bomb used by Basanta Kumar Biswas which wounded Lord Hardinge, was made by him.[4] Since he was a resident of Chandannagar, a French territory, British police could not ever arrest him. Nayak also took care of the arms collected in Rodda company arms heist.[2]
Aftermath
editIn 1919 he became the member of French India Legislative Assembly and went to Pondicherry conference in 1920. Nayak developed close relation with Sri Aurobindo and kept regular contact with him. He also attached with the social works organised by Prabartak Sangha and became editor of Prabartak magazine started by Motilal Roy.[5]
References
edit- ^ Samanta, Amiya K. (1995). Terrorism in Bengal: General trend of the terrorist movement in Bengal from 1907-1939. Government of West Bengal.
- ^ a b Volume 1, Sengupta, Subhodh Chandra; Basu, Anjali (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 388. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sailendra Nath Sen (2012). Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900-1955. ISBN 9789380607238. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Bhattacharyya, Buddhadeva (1979). Freedom Struggle and Anushilan Samiti. Anushilan Samiti.
- ^ "পাতা:প্রবাসী (চতুর্বিংশ ভাগ, প্রথম খণ্ড).djvu/৮৩৬ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার". bn.wikisource.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 September 2021.