{{short description|Bengali revolitionary (1912-1934)}} {{Citation style|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Ram Krishna Roy | image = Freedom fighter Ramkrishna Roy.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date text|9 January 1912}} | birth_place = Chirimarsai near Dwariband, Midnapore, British India | death_date = {{death date and age text|15 October 1934|9 January 1912}} | death_place = Medinipore Central Jail, Midnapore, British India | known = | occupation = Revolutionary | organization = Bengal Volunteers | movement = Indian Freedom Movement | known for = | citizenship = | footnotes = }}
'''Ram Krishna Roy''' (9 January 1912 – 15 October 1934) 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. He was hanged on 15 October 1934 for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge.<ref>[http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_4_06_03_2019 title=Unknown]{{Dead link | date=February 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
== Early life and family == Ram Krishna Roy was born in a Mahishya family in Chirimarsai near Dwariband (Paschim Medinipur) in 1911. His father's name was Kenaram Roy. His mother's name was Bhabatarini Devi. He got admitted in Midnapore Town School in 1922 as a class III student. He joined Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of British India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midnapore.in/bv.html|title=Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore|access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> He also worked with Deshapran Birendranath Sasmal in 1926 General election. From 1928 he worked with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.<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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teachers.gov.bd/blog/details/758433|title=Be ngal Volunteers of Midnapore|access-date=September 11, 2025}}</ref>
== Revolutionary activities == After the murder of Magistrate Paddy and Robert Douglas no British officer was ready to take the charge of Midnapore District.<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 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, a District Magistrate was posted in Midnapore district. The members of the Bengal volunteers i.e. 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 etc. decided to assassinate him.<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> He along with Anath Bondhu Panja, Brajakishore Chakraborty, Nirmal Jiban Ghosh and Mrigen 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 shot him dead while Burge was playing a football match ( Bradley-Birt football tournament) named by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt at the police grounds of Midnapore.<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> Burge, during the half time of the football match in Police parade ground was killed on 2 September 1933 by them. Anathbandhu was killed instantly by the body guard of the DM and Mrigen Dutta died in the hospital on the next day. Anathbandhu Panja and Mrigen Dutta was acquitted on murder charge of the district magistrate of Midnapore.<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><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1Pclr-6w94C&q=Nirmal+Jiban+Ghosh&pg=PA44|title=Rammanohar Lohia|volume=9|year=1990|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=9788171002511|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url= http://www.midnapore.in/bv.html|title=Bengal Volunteers of Midnapore|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>
== Death == He was hanged on 15 October 1934 for the charge of 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== {{reflist}} {{Indian Revolutionary Movement}} {{Authority control}}
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