Binod Bihari Chowdhury
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Biplobi Binod Bihari Chowdhury |
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10 January 1911 Boalkhali, Chittagong District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 10 April 2013 (aged 102) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Cause of death | Old age complications |
| Resting place | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Residence | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Indian later Bangladeshi |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts; Master of Arts; Bachelor of Law |
| Known for | Chittagong Armoury Raid |
| Title | Biplobi (Revolutionary), Agnipurush |
| Movement | Indian independence movement |
| Spouse(s) | Biva Das |
| Parent(s) | Kamini Kumar Chowdhury Roma Rani Chowdhury |
| Awards | Independence Day Award |
Binod Bihari Chowdhury (Bengali: বিনোদ বিহারী চৌধুরী) (10 January 1911 – 10 April 2013) was a Bengali Indian independence activist and a member of the armed resistance movement led by Surya Sen. He was influential in the Indian independence movement and a veteran member of the civil society of Bangladesh. He is mostly known for his participation in the Chittagong Armoury Raid to uproot the British colonial rule from the British India in 1930.
Born in 1911, in Chittagong, Binod Bihari was the last surviving revolutionary from the Chittagong armoury raid and was active in many significant events in the history of Bangladesh. In 2000, he received the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh.
Binod Bihari Chowdhury was born in the village of Uttarvurshi under the Boalkhali Upazila in Chittagong district which was then a part of the East Bengal and Assam province of British India. He was the fifth child of his parents, Kamini Kumar Chowdhury and Roma Rani Chowdhury. His father, Kamini Kumar Chowdhury was a lawyer in Chittagong.
Binod Bihari started his primary education from the Rangamatia Board School in Fatikchhari Upazila. He was granted a scholarship for his outstanding performance in the matriculation examinations in 1929 from Saroatoli High School. He received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law in 1934, 1936 and 1939 respectively while serving as a prisoner at the Duly Detention Camp. He was married to Biva Das.
In 1927, Binod Bihari joined the anti-British revolutionary group Jugantar through a friend in school. Soon he came into contact with Surya Sen and within few days became one of his intimate associates. At that time Surya Sen was planning an armed uprising against the British Raj in Chittagong. The plan was to capture the two main armouries in Chittagong and then destroying the telegraph and telephone office, followed by assassination of members of the "European Club", the majority of whom were government or military officials involved in maintaining the British Raj in India. Firearms retailers were also to be raided, while rail and communication lines were to be cut to sever Chittagong from rest of British India. The plan was accompanied by Binod Bihari and some others.
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