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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|7|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Sanjukta|last=Dasgupta|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/a-horrendous-tale-1502535075.html/amp|title=A horrendous tale|website=www.thestatesman.com|publisher=The Statesman|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Sanjukta|last=Dasgupta|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/a-horrendous-tale-1502535075.html/amp|title=A horrendous tale|website=www.thestatesman.com|publisher=The Statesman|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|4|18|1880|1|5|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|4|18|1880|1|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| occupation = Revolutionary, journalist
| occupation = Revolutionary, journalist
| nationality = Indian
| nationality = Indian
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'''Barindra Kumar Ghosh''' or '''Barindra Ghosh''', or, popularly, '''Barin Ghosh''' (5 July 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of [[Jugantar]] Bengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit in [[Bengal]]. Barindra Ghosh was a younger brother of [[Sri Aurobindo]].
'''Barindra Kumar Ghosh''' or '''Barindra Ghosh''', or, popularly, '''Barin Ghosh''' (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of [[Jugantar]] Bengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit in [[Bengal]]. Ghosh was a younger brother of [[Sri Aurobindo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Statesman News |date=2023-12-21 |title=A chronicle of deportation and incarceration |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/miscellany/a-chronicle-of-deportation-and-incarceration-1503251892.html |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Barindra Ghosh was born at [[Croydon]] in a [[Bengali Kayastha]] family, near London on 5 January 1880 although his ancestral village was [[Konnagar]] in [[Hooghly District]] of present-day [[West Bengal]].<ref name = "Bandyopadhyay6">Bandyopadhyay, Amritalal, ''Rishi Aurobindo'', 1964, Biswas Publishing House, p. 6</ref>
Barindra Ghosh was born at [[Croydon]] in a [[Bengali Kayastha]] family, near London on 5 January 1880 although his ancestral village was [[Konnagar]] in [[Hooghly District]] of present-day [[West Bengal]].<ref name = "Bandyopadhyay6">Bandyopadhyay, Amritalal, ''Rishi Aurobindo'', 1964, Biswas Publishing House, p. 6</ref>
His father, Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, was a physician and district surgeon. His mother Swarnalata was the daughter of the [[Brahmo]] religious and social reformer, scholar [[Rajnarayan Basu]]. Revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life, [[Aurobindo Ghosh]] was Barindranath's third elder brother. His second elder brother, [[Manmohan Ghose]], was a scholar of English literature, a poet and professor of English at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and at [[Dhaka University]]. He also had an elder sister named Sarojini Ghosh.
His father, Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, was a physician and district surgeon. His mother Swarnalata was the daughter [[Rajnarayan Basu]], Indian writer and intellectual of the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. Revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life, [[Aurobindo Ghosh|Aurobindo]] was Barindranath's third elder brother. His second elder brother, [[Manmohan Ghose]], was a scholar of English literature, a poet and professor of English at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and at [[Dhaka University]]. He also had an elder sister named Sarojini Ghosh.


Barindranath attended school in [[Deoghar]], and after passing the entrance examination in 1901, joined [[Patna College]]. He received military training in [[Baroda]]. During this time, (late 19th century – early 20th century) Barin was influenced by Aurobindo and drawn towards the revolutionary movement.
Barindranath attended school in [[Deoghar]], and after passing the entrance examination in 1901, joined [[Patna College]]. He received military training in [[Baroda]]. During this time, (late 18th century – early 19th century) Barin was influenced by Aurobindo and drawn towards the revolutionary movement.


== Revolutionary activities ==
== Revolutionary activities ==
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Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee alias [[Bagha Jatin]] were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group in [[Maniktala]], Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition.
Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee alias [[Bagha Jatin]] were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group in [[Maniktala]], Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition.


Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionaries [[Khudiram Bose|Khudiram]] and [[Prafulla Chaki|Prafulla]] on 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as the [[Alipore Bomb Case]]) initially sentenced Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh and [[Ullaskar Dutta|Ullaskar Datta]] to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by Deshbandhu [[Chittaranjan Das]] and Barin was deported to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] in 1909 along with other convicts. In the [[Cellular Jail]], Barin Ghosh was locked up beside [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] & he successfully managed to flee [[Cellular Jail]] in 1915. But British caught Barin Ghosh again from [[Puri]] after [[Balasore]] Battle with Bagha Jatin.
Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionaries [[Khudiram Bose|Khudiram]] and [[Prafulla Chaki|Prafulla]] on 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as the [[Alipore Bomb Case]]) initially sentenced Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh and [[Ullaskar Dutta|Ullaskar Datta]] to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by Deshbandhu [[Chittaranjan Das]] and Barin was deported to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] in 1909 along with other convicts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-19 |title=A revolutionary in exile |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/a-revolutionary-in-exile/article3013628.ece |access-date=2024-03-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In the [[Cellular Jail]], Barin Ghosh was locked up beside [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] & he successfully managed to flee [[Cellular Jail]] in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web |title=নারকেল পিষে রোজ ২৫ কেজি তেল বানাতে হত |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/rabibashoriyo/they-had-to-make-25kg-oil-everyday-by-crushing-coconuts-1.657229 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.anandabazar.com |language=bn}}</ref> But British caught Barin Ghosh again from [[Puri]] after [[Balasore]] Battle with Bagha Jatin.


== Release and later activities ==
== Release and later activities ==
Barin Ghosh successfully escaped from [[Cellular Jail]] & was the only freedom fighter to do so in 1915. He was hiding in [[Puri]] during Battle of [[Balasore]], where Bagha Jatin fought the British. Barin Ghosh was caught again from Puri & sent to [[Cellular Jail]] Andaman. He was kept under Solitary confinement for 5 long years. During a general amnesty in 1920, Barin was released and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed an ''[[ashram]]'' in [[Kolkata]]. He published his memoirs "The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans".<ref name="barin">{{cite book|first=Barindra Kumar|last=Ghose|title=The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans|publisher=Arya Publications|year=1922|place=Pondicherry|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924031246410/cu31924031246410_djvu.txt}}</ref> In 1923, he left for [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] where his elder brother [[Sri Aurobindo|Aurobindo Ghosh]] had formed the [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]]. He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality and [[Sadhana]]. Barin returned to [[Kolkata]] in 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started an English weekly, ''The Dawn of India''. He was associated with the newspaper ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', and in 1950, he became the editor of the Bengali ''[[Dainik Basumati]]''. Around this time he got married. He died on 18 April 1959.
Barin Ghosh successfully escaped from [[Cellular Jail]] & was the only freedom fighter to do so in 1915. He was hiding in [[Puri]] during Battle of [[Balasore]], where Bagha Jatin fought the British. Barin Ghosh was caught again from Puri & sent to [[Cellular Jail]] Andaman. He was kept under Solitary confinement for 5 long years. During a general amnesty in 1920, Barin was released and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed an ''[[ashram]]'' in [[Kolkata]]. He published his memoirs "The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans".<ref name="barin">{{cite book|first=Barindra Kumar|last=Ghose|title=The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans|publisher=Arya Publications|year=1922|place=Pondicherry|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924031246410/cu31924031246410_djvu.txt}}</ref> In 1923, he left for [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] where his elder brother [[Sri Aurobindo|Aurobindo Ghosh]] had formed the [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]]. He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality and [[Sadhana]]. Barin returned to [[Kolkata]] in 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started an English weekly, ''The Dawn of India''. He was associated with the newspaper ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', and in 1950, he became the editor of the Bengali ''[[Dainik Basumati]]''. Around this time he got married. He died on 18 April 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ |url=http://onushilon.org/corita/barindro-kumar-ghosh.htm |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=onushilon.org}}</ref>



==Works==
==Works==
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* ''Rishi Rajnarayan''
* ''Rishi Rajnarayan''
* ''The Tale of My Exile''
* ''The Tale of My Exile''
* ''Sri Aurobindo''<ref>{{Cite web |last=সংকলক |first=◄ ঘবারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ জীবনী উপাত্ত |title=বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার |url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%98%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B7 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=bn.wikisource.org |language=bn}}</ref>
* ''Sri Aurobindo''


Other books
Other books
*Barindrakumar Ghosh, ''Pather Ingit'', Calcutta, 1337 ([[Bengali calendar|Bengali year]]).
* Barindrakumar Ghosh, ''Pather Ingit'', Calcutta, 1337 ([[Bengali calendar|Bengali year]]).
*Upendra Nath Bandyopadhyaya, ''Nirbasiter Atmakatha'', Calcutta, 1352 ([[Bengali calendars|Bengali year]]).
* Upendra Nath Bandyopadhyaya, ''Nirbasiter Atmakatha'', Calcutta, 1352 ([[Bengali calendars|Bengali year]]).
*RC Majumdar, ''History of the Freedom Movement in India'', II, Calcutta, 1963.
* RC Majumdar, ''History of the Freedom Movement in India'', II, Calcutta, 1963.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 12:44, 21 August 2024

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Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Born(1880-07-05)5 July 1880
Croydon, Surrey, England[1]
Died18 April 1959(1959-04-18) (aged 79)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Revolutionary, journalist
RelativesSri Aurobindo (brother)
Manmohan Ghose (brother)
Anushilan Samiti
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Barindra Kumar Ghosh or Barindra Ghosh, or, popularly, Barin Ghosh (5 January 1880 – 18 April 1959) was an Indian revolutionary and journalist. He was one of the founding members of Jugantar Bengali weekly, a revolutionary outfit in Bengal. Ghosh was a younger brother of Sri Aurobindo.[2]

Early life

Barindra Ghosh was born at Croydon in a Bengali Kayastha family, near London on 5 January 1880 although his ancestral village was Konnagar in Hooghly District of present-day West Bengal.[3] His father, Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, was a physician and district surgeon. His mother Swarnalata was the daughter Rajnarayan Basu, Indian writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. Revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life, Aurobindo was Barindranath's third elder brother. His second elder brother, Manmohan Ghose, was a scholar of English literature, a poet and professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and at Dhaka University. He also had an elder sister named Sarojini Ghosh.

Barindranath attended school in Deoghar, and after passing the entrance examination in 1901, joined Patna College. He received military training in Baroda. During this time, (late 18th century – early 19th century) Barin was influenced by Aurobindo and drawn towards the revolutionary movement.

Revolutionary activities

Main article: Anushilan Samiti

Barin came back to Kolkata in 1902 and started organising several revolutionary groups in Bengal with the help of Jatindranath Banerjee. In 1906, he started publishing Jugantar, a Bengali weekly and a revolutionary organization named Jugantar soon followed. Jugantar was formed from the inner circle of Anushilan Samiti and it started preparation for armed militancy activities to oust British from Indian soil.

Barin and Jatindranath Mukherjee alias Bagha Jatin were instrumental in the recruitment of many young revolutionaries from across Bengal. The revolutionaries formed the Maniktala group in Maniktala, Kolkata. It was a secret place where they started manufacturing bombs and collected arms and ammunition.

Following the attempted killing of Kingsford by two revolutionaries Khudiram and Prafulla on 30 April 1908, the police intensified its investigation which led to the arrest of Barin and Aurobindo Ghosh on 2 May 1908, along with many of his comrades. The trial (known as the Alipore Bomb Case) initially sentenced Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh and Ullaskar Datta to death. However, the sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, by Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das and Barin was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman in 1909 along with other convicts.[4] In the Cellular Jail, Barin Ghosh was locked up beside Vinayak Damodar Savarkar & he successfully managed to flee Cellular Jail in 1915.[5] But British caught Barin Ghosh again from Puri after Balasore Battle with Bagha Jatin.

Release and later activities

Barin Ghosh successfully escaped from Cellular Jail & was the only freedom fighter to do so in 1915. He was hiding in Puri during Battle of Balasore, where Bagha Jatin fought the British. Barin Ghosh was caught again from Puri & sent to Cellular Jail Andaman. He was kept under Solitary confinement for 5 long years. During a general amnesty in 1920, Barin was released and returned to Kolkata to start a career in journalism. Soon he left journalism and formed an ashram in Kolkata. He published his memoirs "The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans".[6] In 1923, he left for Pondicherry where his elder brother Aurobindo Ghosh had formed the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He was influenced by Aurobindo towards spirituality and Sadhana. Barin returned to Kolkata in 1929 and again took up journalism. In 1933 he started an English weekly, The Dawn of India. He was associated with the newspaper The Statesman, and in 1950, he became the editor of the Bengali Dainik Basumati. Around this time he got married. He died on 18 April 1959.[7]

Works

The following are books by Barindra Ghosh:

  • Dvipantarer Banshi
  • Pather Ingit
  • Amar Atmakatha
  • Agnijug
  • Rishi Rajnarayan
  • The Tale of My Exile
  • Sri Aurobindo[8]

Other books

  • Barindrakumar Ghosh, Pather Ingit, Calcutta, 1337 (Bengali year).
  • Upendra Nath Bandyopadhyaya, Nirbasiter Atmakatha, Calcutta, 1352 (Bengali year).
  • RC Majumdar, History of the Freedom Movement in India, II, Calcutta, 1963.

References

  1. ^ Dasgupta, Sanjukta. "A horrendous tale". www.thestatesman.com. The Statesman. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ Service, Statesman News (21 December 2023). "A chronicle of deportation and incarceration". The Statesman. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Amritalal, Rishi Aurobindo, 1964, Biswas Publishing House, p. 6
  4. ^ "A revolutionary in exile". The Hindu. 19 March 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "নারকেল পিষে রোজ ২৫ কেজি তেল বানাতে হত". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ Ghose, Barindra Kumar (1922). The tale of my exile - twelve years in Andamans. Pondicherry: Arya Publications.
  7. ^ "বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ". onushilon.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ সংকলক, ◄ ঘবারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ জীবনী উপাত্ত. "বারীন্দ্রকুমার ঘোষ - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার". bn.wikisource.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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