{{short description|Bengali revolitionary (1911-1933)}} {{Cleanup bare URLs|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Mrigendra Dutta | image = Freedom fighter Mrigendra Nath Dutta.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date text|27 October 1915}} | birth_place = Paharipur, Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age text|3 September 1933|27 October 1915}} | death_place = Midnapore Medical College, Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India | known = | occupation = Revolutionary | organization = Bengal Volunteers | movement = Indian Freedom Movement | known for = | citizenship = | footnotes = }}
'''Mrigendranath Dutta''' (27 October 1915 – 3 September 1933) 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>http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019 {{Dead link|date=April 2026}}</ref>
== Family == Mrigen was born in Paharipur village, Paschim Medinipur in 1915. His father name was Beni Madhab Dutta. He completed his early education from Midnapore Town School.<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 Magistrates James Peddy and Robert Douglas, no British officer was ready to take charge of Midnapore district.<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 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=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Bernard E. J. Burge was posted in Midnapore district. 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 (Bradley-Birt football tournament Corners Shield Competition.) at the police grounds of Midnapore. Actually the magistrate was a member of both Calcutta football Club and Calcutta cricket Club present time Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.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 Burkes' 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 on the charge of murder of Magistrate Burge,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rammanohar Lohia|volume=9|year=1990|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171002511}}</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><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>
== Death == Mrigendra Dutta died in the Midnapore Sadar Hospital now Midnapore Medical College and Hospital on the next day i.e. 2 September 1933.<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== {{reflist}} {{Indian Revolutionary Movement}} {{Authority control}}
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