# Sukumar Sengupta

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{{short description|Bengali revolutionary (1913-1993)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          =  Sukumar Sengupta
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| birth_date    = {{birth-date| 5 November 1913}} 
| birth_place   =  [Katwa](/source/Katwa), [Purba Bardhaman district](/source/Purba_Bardhaman_district)
| death_date    = {{death-date and age|16 September 1993| 25 December 1913}}
| death_place   =[Midnapore](/source/Midnapore), India
| known         = 
| occupation    = Revolutionary
| organization  = [Bengal Volunteers](/source/Bengal_Volunteers)
| movement      = [Indian Freedom Movement](/source/Indian_Freedom_Movement)
| known for     = 
| citizenship   = 
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}}

''' Sukumar Sengupta ''' (  5 November 1913 – 16 September 1993 ) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the [Bengal Volunteers](/source/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> 
== Early life and education ==
Sukumar Sengupta was born in [Katwa](/source/Katwa), [Purba Bardhaman district](/source/Purba_Bardhaman_district) in the year 1913. He went to Bihar with his father who was transferred from Katwa to Biharr and later he came to Midnapore at his uncle Nripendra Nath Senguptas house and admitted to Midnapur College for his ISc studies. Later he joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of [British India](/source/British_India).<ref name=Sengupta-Basu>{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last1=Sengupta |first1=Subodhchandra |last2=Basu |first2=Anjali |publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|volume=I|location=Kolkata|page=297}}</ref>

== Revolutionary activities ==
After the murders of two previous [District Magistrate](/source/District_Magistrate)s James Peddy and Robert Douglas, no British officer was ready to take charge of [Midnapore district](/source/Midnapore_district). Former soldier Bernard E. J. Burge was then posted to [Midnapore district](/source/Midnapore_district).<ref name=Sengupta-Basu/><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](/source/Ramkrishna_Roy), [Brajakishore Chakraborty](/source/Brajakishore_Chakraborty), [Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal](/source/Prabhanshu_Sekhar_Pal), [Kamakhya Charan Ghosh](/source/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](/source/Anath_Bondhu_Panja) and [Mrigendra Dutta](/source/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=11 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=বেঙ্গল ভলান্টিয়ার |last= Madhumanti Sengupta |publisher= Ananda Publishers  |date= 1 January 2016 |isbn=978-9389876772|location= Kolkata |pages=}}</ref> Roy, Chakraborty, [Nirmal Jibon Ghosh](/source/Nirmal_Jibon_Ghosh) and Dutta planned to shoot Burge dead while he was playing in a football match between Midnapore Mohammedan sporting Club (a fan club of [Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)](/source/Mohammedan_SC_(Kolkata))) and Midnapore Town Club([Bradley-Birt Challenge Cup](/source/Francis_Bradley_Bradley-Birt) Corners Shield Competition.) at the police grounds of [Midnapore](/source/Midnapore).<ref>{{Cite web|first=Meghdeep |last=Bhattacharyya |date=11 July 2025 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/terrorist-tag-on-freedom-fighters-mistake-in-question-paper-was-unintentional-vidyasagar-university-vc-prnt/cid/2112554 | title='Terrorist' tag on freedom fighters, mistake in question paper was unintentional: Vidyasagar University VC |website=telegraphindia.com |access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref> On 2nd 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 on the next day.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs|first=P. N. | last=Chopra|volume=1|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|title=Rammanohar Lohia|last=Volume 9|year=1990|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=24 February 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=28 October 2021}}</ref><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=24 February 2018}}</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> The special tribunal sentenced him and six others to life imprisonment and later moved him to the Andaman Islands where he participated in a hunger strike in 1937 for 37 days. After some years, he was repatriated and released, but his activism continued, leading to another hunger strike in 1939 for 36 days. He release from prison in 31st August 1946,<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=11 March 2018}}</ref>

==  Post-Independence Struggles & Imprisonment   ==
After India's independence in 1947, Sengupta faced repeated arrests for his party work, spending nearly 20 years in jail across different periods, including significant time from 1948-1951 when the CPI was banned.
He was instrumental in rebuilding the party in Medinipur after the anti-revisionist split, focusing on constructing a new organization based on Marxism-Leninism.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/terrorist-tag-on-freedom-fighters-mistake-in-question-paper-was-unintentional-vidyasagar-university-vc-prnt/cid/2112554 | title= Sukumar Sengupta  }}</ref>

==Leadership & Legacy==
Sengupta served as Secretary of the Medinipur district committee and a member of the CPI(M)'s State Committee until his death, also leading the CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions) in the district.
He was a respected figure, known for his deep connection with peasants, and chaired the state's freedom fighter pension committee, a testament to his enduring commitment to the cause.
His life exemplified the dedication of Marxist leaders who continued the struggle for social justice and economic equality in independent India, with his passing marked by the red flag of the party he served until the end.
Sen died on 16 September 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.midnapore.in/freedomfighters/s7.html| title= Sukumar Sengupta  }}</ref> 
<ref>{{cite web | url= https://chakrafoundation.org/sukumar-sengupta/ | title= Sukumar Sengupta  }}</ref>

==References==
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