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{{Short description|Bengali revolutionary (1913-1996)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bhupal Chandra Panda
| birth_date = {{birth date text| 16 July 1911}}
| birth_place = Daudpur, [[Nandigram]], [[British India]] (Present day in [[Purba Medinipur district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age text|8 October 1992|16 July 1911 }}
| death_place = [[Bidhannagar]], [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Nandigram Brajamohan Tewary Sikshaniketan]], [[Prabhat Kumar College]]
| occupation = [[Revolutionary]]
| organization = [[Bengal Volunteers]]
| movement = [[Indian Freedom Movement]]
| citizenship =
}}

''' Bhupal Chandra Panda''' (25 December 1913 – 16 September 1996) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the [[Bengal Volunteers]] who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.literacyparadise.com/2020/08/List-of-Bengali-Freedom-Fighters-in-Cellular-Jail.html | title=আন্দামান সেলুলার জেলের ৩৯০ জন বাঙালি স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রামীর তালিকা }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://midnapore.in/people/Freedom-fighter-Saroj-Roy-MLA-Garbeta.html| title=Freedom fighter Saroj Roy MLA Garbeta}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Bhupal Chandra Panda was born in [[Nandigram]] in the year 1911. [[Jaminder]] Braja Mohan Vidyaratna and Swarnamoyee Devi were his parents. After passing the matriculation examination from [[Nandigram Brajamohan Tewary Sikshaniketan|Nandigram BMT Sikshaniketan]] he was admitted to [[Prabhat Kumar College]], [[Contai]] for further studies. He was a student of first batch in this college. At that time he worked alongside leaders like [[Birendranath Sasmal]] to organise the Pichhaboni Salt Satyagragha and suffered physical torture by British Police. Later he joined the [[Bengal Volunteers]], a revolutionary organisation of [[British India]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Vol I|first=Subodhchandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=297}}</ref>

== Revolutionary activities ==
After joining the Bengal Volunteers he formed a group with the members of [[Bengal Volunteers|BV]]. The members of this group conducted a number of Swadeshi robberies in several areas in undivided Bengal in order to raise funds for buying arms and ammunitions for revolutionary activities. He was convicted in the murder case of Magistrate Burge as he was collecting money for this purpose but it could not be proved [[beyond reasonable doubt]] due to the prodigious defence by [[Barrister]] [[Birendranath Sasmal]], who managed to completely acquit him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radhikaranjan.blogspot.com/2014/06/505-bhupal-panda-1907-1992-506.html|title= Bhupal Panda |website=radhikaranjan.blogspot.com |date= 13 June 2014 }}</ref> But he was convicted in a political robbery case in Kulmoni dacoity Case under Narayangarh Police Jurisdiction. He was arrested from [[Belda railway station|Belda Railway Station]] with a friend. Later, he was punished for [[life imprisonment]] in [[Cellular Jail|Andaman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://biplabisabyasachi.com/paschim-medinipur/that-was-the-historic-day-of-the-assassination-of-the-oppressive-british-district-magistrate-burge/|title=Historic Day |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref> where he was joined with the other members of the [[Bengal Volunteers]] i.e. Kamakhya Charan Ghosh, Sonatan Roy, Nanda Dulal Singh, Sukumar Sen Gupta, [[Santi Gopal Sen]], [[Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal]], and Sailesh Chandra Ghose etc.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Islands Of India |first=Dr. Sarit Kumar | last=Mukerji |publisher= Publications Division |date= 15 December 2009| isbn= 9788123022857|pages=242 }}</ref> After release he took the leadership of [[Tebhaga movement|Tebhaga Movement]] in the undivided [[Midnapore district]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=বেঙ্গল ভলান্টিয়ার|last=Madhumanti | first=Sengupta |publisher= Ananda Publishers |date= 1 January 2016 |isbn=978-9389876772|location= Kolkata |pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/600128/|title= Emperor vs Nirmal Jiban Ghose And Ors. on 30 August, 1934|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2696808|title=Assassination Of Mr. B.E.J. Burge, I.C.S.|access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in/history_heritage03.html|title=Midnapore Central Correctional Home|website=wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Chronological Dictionary of India's Independence|first=Kali Charan | last=Ghosh|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2012|isbn=978-81-86806-20-3|location=Kolkata|pages=87}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url= https://www.midnapore.in/freedomfighters/b6.html |title=Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y74pDwAAQBAJ&q=Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate+Douglas&pg=PA151|title=Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India|first=Durba | last=Ghosh|date=20 July 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107186668|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref>

== Later life ==
After independence of India, Panda won several elections, which included the [[Nandigram Assembly constituency|Nandigram]] seat of West Bengal Assembly in 1957, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1982, total six times. All time he was the winner of the Assembly poll as a [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] candidate. For the rest of his life he worked as a social worker. He died on 8 October 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://bengali.oneindia.com/nandigram-assembly-elections-wb-210/|title= নন্দীগ্রাম অতীত নির্বাচন |website= bengali.oneindia.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1969/nandigram/bhupal-chandra-panda|title= Bhupal Chandra Panda, Nandigram Assembly Election 1969 – Latest News & Results|website= latestly.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/elections/assembly-elections-2021/west-bengal/nandigram/previous-result|title=Bhupal Chandra Panda, Nandigram Assembly Election 1969 – Latest News & Results|website= lokmattimes.com }}</ref>

==References==
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