Satish Pakrashi
Satish Chandra Pakrashi | |
|---|---|
| সতীশচন্দ্র পাকড়াশী | |
| West Bengal state committee member | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| In office 1964–1973 | |
| Member | |
| West Bengal Legislative Council | |
| In office 1957–1963 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1893 Madhavdihi, Dacca District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 30 December 1973 (aged 79–80) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Political party |
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| Known for | Communist revolutionary, Freedom fighter |
Satish Chandra Pakrashi (December 1893 – 30 December 1973) was an Indian communist revolutionary and freedom fighter.[1] He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council and a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2]
Early life and death[edit]
Satish Chandra Pakrashi was born in December 1893 in Madhavdihi village of Dacca, Bengal Presidency, (modern day Bengladesh). His father's name was Jagadishchandra Pakrashi, and his mother's name was Mrinalini Pakrashi.[3][4]
Pakrashi was died in Calcutta Hospital on December 31, 1973, for protacted illness.[5]
Political career[edit]
He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council for six years.[6][7]
On December 19, 1929 Satish with others were arrested by british forces for planning armed uprising against the British colonial regime in India and was sentenced for 7 years in Cellular Jail, later he was released in 1938.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Website: Amrit Mahotsav, Title: "Unsung Heroes", URL: [link](https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?4409)
- ^ Author: Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, Title: "Midnapur: A Study in Indian Politics", Publisher: Primus Books, Year: 2019, Page: 221, URL: [link](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=i4poDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT221&dq=satish+pakrashi+CPIM&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1nZG2w5SGAxVqbmwGHWFpCMAQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=satish%20pakrashi%20CPIM&f=false)
- ^ Website: Amrit Mahotsav, Title: "Unsung Heroes", URL: [link](https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?4409)
- ^ Memoirs: 25 Communist Freedom Fighters. People's Democracy. 2005.
- ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Superintendent of Printing, Corporation Press. 1973.
SATISH PAKRASHI PASSES AWAY A life - long revolutionary and one of the foremost Freedom fighters Shri Satish Chandra Pakrashi died in Calcutta hospital on Sunday , the 30th December last after protracted illness.
- ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Superintendent of Printing, Corporation Press. 1973.
Shri Pakrashi was a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Council for six years.
- ^ Assembly, West Bengal (India) Legislature Legislative (1959). Assembly Proceedings; Official Report (in Bengali).
Satish Chandra Pakrashi , a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council , was arrested by the police
- ^ BHATTACHARYA, CHANDRIMA S. (19 December 2022). "Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata's past, December 19, 1929". Telegraph India. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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