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| name = Atul Sen<br />
| image = শহীদ অতুল সেন.jpg<br />
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| birth_place = Senahati, [[Khulna District]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date|1932|8|05}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], British India<br />
| death_cause = Suicide<br />
| occupation = [[Indian independence movement]] activist<br />
| organization =[[Jugantar]]<br />
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'''Atul Sen''' (? – 5 August, 1932) ({{langx|bn|অতুল সেন}}) was a Bengali [[Indian independence movement]] revolutionary activist against [[British Raj|British rule in India]]. He often used the aliases ''Sambhu'' and ''Kutti''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019.pdf|title=Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)|publisher=Ministry of Culture, [[Government of India]] & [[Indian Council of Historical Research]]|year=2016|isbn=978-81-938176-0-5|location=New Delhi|pages=29}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Atul Sen was born in Senahati village, [[Khulna District]] in [[British India]]. His father's name was Ashwini Kumar Sen. While still a student, he joined the Revolutionary party. As a student, he came in contact with the famous revolutionaries of the village, Rasiklal Das, Anujacharan Sen, Ratikanta Dutt and Kiran Chandra Mukherjee and was initiated into the ''mantra'' of revolution.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Revolutionary activities ==<br />
He was an active member of the [[Jugantar|Jugantar Party]], while studying in Jadavpur Engineering College. During the [[Indian independence movement|independence movement]], [[The Statesman (India)|''the Statesman'']] was campaigning against the revolutionaries in such a way that the revolutionaries decided to kill Watson, the editor of the newspaper, in order to retaliate and prevent it. On 5 August 1932, he shot at Sir Alfred Watson,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019.pdf|title=Dictionary of Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)|publisher=Ministry of Culture, [[Government of India]] & [[Indian Council of Historical Research]]|year=2016|isbn=978-81-938176-0-5|location=New Delhi|pages=263}}</ref> but he failed to murder Mr. Watson and was arrested immediately. He committed suicide by consuming [[potassium cyanide]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sengupta|first=Subodhchandra|title=Sansad Bangali charitabhidhan |volume=1 |date=1998|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|isbn=978-81-85626-65-9|location=Calcutta|pages=14|oclc=59521727}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rakshita-Rāẏa|first=Bhūpendrakiśora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbEsAAAAMAAJ|title=Sabāra alakshye|date=1966|publisher=Bijñala Pābaliśārsa|pages=104|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1932 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Anti-British establishment revolutionaries from East Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Activists from Khulna Division]]<br />
[[Category:Revolutionaries of Bengal during British Rule]]<br />
[[Category:People from Senhati]]<br />
[[Category:Suicides by cyanide poisoning]]<br />
[[Category:Suicides in India]]</div>HungHay8926976