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{{short description|Bengali revolitionary (1913–1934)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brojokishore Chakraborty
| image = Freedom fighter Brajakishore Chakraborty.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date text| 1913}}
| birth_place = Ballavpur, [[Midnapore ]], British India
| death_date = {{death date and age text|25 October 1934| 1913}}
| death_place = Midnapore Central Jail, [[Midnapore]], Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_cause = [[Execution by hanging]]
| known =
| occupation = Revolutionary
| organization = [[Bengal Volunteers]]
| movement = [[Indian Freedom Movement]]
| known for =
| citizenship =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Brojokishore Chakraborty ''' (1913 – 25 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the [[Bengal Volunteers]] who carried out assassinations of British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|first=P. N.|last=Chopra|volume=I|publisher=Ministry of information and broadcasting|year=2013|isbn=9788123021805|location=New Delhi|pages=61}}</ref> He was hanged on 25 October 1934 along with [[Ramkrishna Roy]] for the assassination of [[District Magistrate]] Bernard E. J. Burge in 1933.<ref>http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019</ref>

== Family ==
Brojokishore Chakraborty was born in Ballavpur (Paschim Medinipur) in 1913.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} His father's name was Upendranath Chakraborty.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} He joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of [[British India]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|volume=I|first1=Subodhchandra |last1=Sengupta |first2=Anjali |last2=Basu|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=297}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Human Rights and Peace: Ideas, Laws, Institutions and Movements|last=Ujjwal Kumar Singh|date= 2009|publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=9789352801626}}</ref>

== Revolutionary activities ==
After the murders of two previous [[District Magistrate]]s James Peddy and Robert Douglas, no British officer was ready to take charge of [[Midnapore district]]. Former soldier Bernard E. J. Burge was then posted to [[Midnapore district]].<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sabyasachi |first1=Biplabi |title=Historic Day: আজ অত্যাচারী ব্রিটিশ জেলাশাসক বার্জ হত্যার সেই ঐতিহাসিক দিন |url=https://biplabisabyasachi.com/that-was-the-historic-day-of-the-assassination-of-the-oppressive-british-district-magistrate-burge/ |website=Biplabi Sabyasachi |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=2 September 2021}}</ref> Members of the Bengal Volunteers: [[Ramkrishna Roy]], Brajakishore Chakraborty, [[Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal]], Kamakhya Charan Ghosh, Sonatan Roy, Nanda Dulal Singh, Sukumar Sen Gupta, Bijoy Krishna Ghose, Purnananda Sanyal, Manindra Nath Choudhury, Saroj Ranjan Das Kanungo, Santi Gopal Sen, Sailesh Chandra Ghose, [[Anath Bondhu Panja]] and Mrigendra Dutta decided to assassinate him.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hssXP1hBYscC&q=Bhattacharya+killed+magistrate+Douglas&pg=PA254|title=History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947)|last=S. N. Sen|year=1997|publisher=New Age International |isbn=9788122410495|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=বেঙ্গল ভলান্টিয়ার
|first=Madhumanti |last=Sengupta |publisher= Ananda Publishers |date= January 1, 2016 |isbn=978-9389876772|location= Kolkata |pages=}}</ref> Roy, Chakraborty, [[Nirmal Jibon Ghosh]] and Dutta<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/600128/|title= Emperor vs Nirmal Jiban Ghose And Ors. on 30 August, 1934|access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> planned to shoot Burge dead while he was playing in a football match ([[Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt|Bradley-Birt football tournament]]) at the police grounds of [[Midnapore]]. On 2 September 1933 during the half time of the football match on the police parade ground, Burge was shot and killed by Panja and Dutta. Panja was killed instantly by one of Burges' bodyguards. Dutta was also shot and died in hospital the next day.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|first=P. N.|last=Chopra|volume=I|year=1969|publisher=Ministry of Education and Youth Services, Government of India |isbn=9788123021805}}</ref> Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta were acquitted of the murder of Magistrate Burge.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1Pclr-6w94C&q=Nirmal+Jiban+Ghosh&pg=PA44|title=Rammanohar Lohia|last=Volume 9|year=1990|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171002511|access-date=February 24, 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|last=Durba Ghosh|date=20 July 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107186668|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in/history_heritage03.html|title=Midnapore Central Correctional Home|website=wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Chronological Dictionary of India's Independence|last=Kali Charan Ghosh|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2012|isbn=978-81-86806-20-3|location=Kolkata|pages=87}}</ref><ref name="midnapore-volunteers">{{cite web |title=Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore |url=https://www.midnapore.in/bv.html |website=www.midnapore.in |access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref>

== Death ==
Chakraborty was executed by hanging on 25 October 1934, as was Ramkrishna Roy, for the assassination of Magistrate Burge.<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=October 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Indian Revolutionaries 1757-1961 (Vol-4): A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961
|last= Srikrishan 'Sarala'|publisher=Ocean Books|year=1999|isbn=9788187100157 |location=New Delhi|pages=}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}
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[[Category:1913 births]]
[[Category:1934 deaths]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Indian nationalist assassins]]
[[Category:Indian people convicted of murder]]
[[Category:Executed assassins]]
[[Category:Executed Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:People from Paschim Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Revolutionaries from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bengal]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian murderers]]

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