Manoranjan Sengupta

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{{short description|Indian revolutionist (1896–1915)}}

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| birth_date = 1898
| birth_place = Khairbhanga, [[Madaripur]], present day Bangladesh [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|12|3|1898|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Balasore]] Central Jail, [[Orissa]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_cause = Execution
| nationality = Indian
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| movement = [[Indian Independence Movement]]
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'''Manoranjan Sengupta''' (1898 – 3 December 1915) was a revolutionary and a participant in the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=GHOSH |first=KALI CHARAN |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12784 |title=THE ROLL OF HONOUR |date=1960 |publisher=VIDYA BHARATI,CALCUTTA}}</ref> He was a colleague of revolutionary Purnachandra Das and a member of the Madaripur Samiti, a secret revolutionary organization led by Purnachandra; a secret unit of [[Jugantar]]. He was arrested as an accused in the first Faridpur conspiracy case in December 1913 and spent five months in jail. <ref>{{Cite book |last=Prithwindra Mukherjee |title=The Intellectual Roots of India's Freedom Struggle (1893–1918) |date=22 December 2017 |isbn=9781351363624 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZitEDwAAQBAJ&dq=Chittapriya+Ray+Chaudhuri&pg=PT187 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> He attached with senior Bengali revolutionary Jatindranath Mukherjee alias [[Bagha Jatin]] in [[Christmas Day Plot]] for procuring arms from [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[United States|America]]. He was involved in the collection of arms and ammunition from the German ship "Maverick" off the coast of [[Balasore|Baleshwar]] in Orissa on September 1915 under the leadership of the revolutionary [[Bagha Jatin]].

== Early life ==
Sengupta was born in September 1898 in the village of Khairbhanga under [[Madaripur Sadar Upazila|Madaripur Sadar upazila]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bagha Jatin: The unsung hero of Indian independence struggle |url=https://www.dailyo.in/variety/bagha-jatin-independence-struggle-subhas-chandra-bose-world-war-i/story/1/32004.html |access-date=22 August 2021 |website=www.dailyo.in}}</ref> His father's name was Haladhar Sengupta, who was an accountant in a local estate. Manoranjan's elder brother Prafulla Sengupta was a teacher at Madaripur High School. Manoranjan's second brother Chittaranjan Sengupta was Homeopathic Doctor and several times went to jail during British Period. Manoranjan was a master of stick and sword fighting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2019 |title=Bagha Jatin (1879–1915) {{!}} Great Freedom Fighter |url=https://www.jaborejob.com/bagha-jatin-freedom-fighter/ |access-date=22 August 2021 |website=Jaborejob |language=en-US}}</ref> He was first a revolutionary member of the Madaripur Brati Samiti and later of the Madaripur Samiti in 1910. He along with three others, [[Chittapriya Ray Chaudhuri|Chittapriya]], Jyotish and his cousin (Maternal) [[Nirendranath Dasgupta|Nirendranath]], joined the [[Jugantar party]] under the leadership of [[Bagha Jatin]]. In 1913. He was imprisoned on charges of Faridpur Conspiracy Case.{{cn|date=August 2021}} After their release from prison, they shot and killed Nirad Haldar, a notorious intelligence officer, in 1915. He was involved in the collection of arms and ammunition from the German ship "Maverick" off the coast of [[Balasore|Baleshwar]] in [[Odisha|Orissa]] in September 1915.

== Death ==
Late at night on 6 September 1915, [[Bagha Jatin]] or Jatin Mukherjee returned to his temporary abode in Mahaldiha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangla turns to Jatin in secularism battle |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bangla-turns-to-jatin-in-secularism-battle/cid/1512907 |access-date=22 August 2021 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> With [[Chittapriya Ray Chaudhuri]], Jyotish Chandra Pal, Manoranjan and [[Nirendranath Dasgupta]]. On 6 September, the whole day was spent in the deep forest. In the early morning of 9 September, he reached Balaramgarh in Baleshwar at Buribalam (in Orissa it is called "Budhabalang") On the banks of the river. They swam to the other side of the river and took refuge in a dry ditch, quite suitable for battle. In contrast, Charles Tegart, Commander Rutherford, and District Magistrate Kilby appeared with numerous armed police and military forces. Behind the bushes, there are five people led by Bagha Jatin, with mauser pistols in their hands. When the fighting started, Chittapriya Roy Chowdhury was killed on the spot by the police.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2020 |title='We Shall Die to Awaken The Nation': Bagha Jatin, Whose Bravery Shook the British Raj! |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/222192/bagha-jatin-mukherjee-revolutionary-forgotten-hero-indian-independence-bengal-history/ |access-date=22 August 2021 |website=The Better India |language=en}}</ref> Manoranjan, Jyotish Pal and [[Nirendranath Dasgupta]] surrendered. Later Manoranjan and Nirendranath were sentenced to death on 16 October 1915. Both of them were hanged on 3 December 1915. Jyotish Chandra Pal also did not live long. While serving his sentence in [[Cellular Jail|Andaman Cellular Jail]], he went insane under the brutal torture of the police . He died on 4 December 1924 at Behrampur Ashram.

== References ==
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[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1915 deaths]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Anti-British establishment revolutionaries from East Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Hindu–German Conspiracy]]
[[Category:People executed by British India by hanging]]

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