Pulin Behari Das
| Pulin Behari Das পুলীনবিহারী দাশ |
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Pulin Behari Das
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24 January 1877 Faridpur, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 17 August 1949 (aged 72) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Revolutionary |
| Parent(s) | Naba Kumar Das |
Pulin Behari Das (Bengali: পুলীনবিহারী দাশ) (24 January 1877 – 17 August 1949) was an Indian revolutionary and the founder-president of the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti.
Pulin came from a middle class Bengali Hindu family. Though they held landed property they were mostly service holders. His father was an advocate at the sub-divisional court in Madaripur. One of his uncles was a Deputy Magistrate while another was munsif. Pulin was born to Naba Kumar Das in the village of Lonesingh, in the district of Shariatpur in the year 1877.
Pulin passed the Entrance examination from Faridpur Zilla School in 1894. He attended the Dhaka College and became the laboratory assistant and demonstrator while still a student at the college. From his childhood Pulin was attracted to physical culture. He was a very good lathial. Inspired by the success of Sarala Devi's akhada in Kolkata, he opened an akhara at Tikatuli in 1903. In 1905, he trained in fencing and lathi khela under Murtaza, the famous lathial.
In September, 1906, Bipin Chandra Pal and Pramatha Nath Mitra took a tour of the newly created province of Eastern Bengal and Assam. The latter, while delivering his speech, asked them to come forward who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and Pulin had stepped forward. Subsequently, he was nominated to organize the Dhaka chapter of the Anushilan Samiti. In October, Pulin founded the Dhaka chapter with 80 young men.
Pulin was a remarkable organizer and the Samiti soon had over 500 branches in the province.
Pulin founded the National School in Dhaka. It was basically built as a training ground for raising a revolutionary force. In the beginning the students were trained with lathis and wooden swords. Afterwards they were groomed with daggers and finally with pistols and revolvers.
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