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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Shiv Sahay Singh

India at 75 | In Kolkata, a tribute to forgotten revolutionaries

Sovarani Dutta was 29 years old when she was convicted in the Dalhousie Square Bomb case. She was a member of the revolutionary group Jugantar. Parul Mukherjee was 25 years old when she was convicted in the Titagarh conspiracy case which involved making explosives. A member of the Anushilan Committee, she was convicted twice in September 1935 and in April 1937.

Sovarani Dutta

Stories of numerous such women revolutionaries have been brought to the fore by the West Bengal State Archives through its physical and virtual exhibition that has come alive when India celebrates 75th year of Independence. From the Chuar Uprising, one of the earliest popular uprisings at the end of 18th century, to the revolt of Birsa Munda towards the end of 19th century, the exhibition by the Archives takes into account more than half a dozen of public uprisings against the British Raj.

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