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revolutionary and journalist

Barindra Kumar Ghosh

1880–1959, born Croydon, writes in Bangla, autobiographer, journalist

Barindra Kumar Ghosh or Barindra Ghosh, or popularly Barin Ghosh, was an Indian Bengali revolutionary and journalist. In 1906, he founded the Bengali weekly Jugantar Patrika and later started a revolutionary group of the same name to further the revolutionary activities for the liberation of India. He was the younger brother of Sri Aurobindo. In 1908, Barindra was arrested, along with his 33 co-workers, and sentenced to death. On appeal, he was sent to life imprisonment. After serving 10 years, he was released as part of Montague-Chelmsford reforms.

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Also writing in Bangla

Shankha Ghosh

1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)