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Shanti Gopal Sen ( 25 December 1913 – 16 September 1996 ) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.




Early life and education


Santi Gopal Sen was born in Malda in the year 1913. After passing the matriculation examination from Malda Zilla School he was admitted to Midnapur College for further studies. Later he joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of British India.




Revolutionary activities


After the murders of two previous District Magistrates James Peddy and Robert Douglas, no British officer was ready to take charge of Midnapore district. Former soldier Bernard E. J. Burge was then posted to Midnapore district. Members of the Bengal Volunteers: Ramkrishna Roy, Brajakishore Chakraborty, Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal, 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 and Mrigendra Dutta decided to assassinate him. Roy, Chakraborty, Nirmal Jibon Ghosh and Dutta planned to shoot Burge dead while he was playing in a football match (Bradley-Birt football tournament) at the police grounds of Midnapore. On 2 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 Burkes' bodyguards. Dutta was also shot and died in hospital the next day. Anath Bondhu Panja and Mrigendra Dutta were acquitted of the murder of Magistrate Burge.




Later life


After the Independence of India, Sen won several elections, which included the English Bazar seat of West Bengal Assembly in 1957, 1962, and 1967. Each time he won the Assembly poll as an Indian National Congress candidate. For the rest of his life Sen worked as a social worker. He was honoured with a Tamrapatra by the Indian Government in 1972. He donated in various way for the establishment of Malda Women's College and Malda Girls School (Shanti Sen Girls School). Sen died on 16 September 1996.




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• Santi Gopal Sen
• English Bazar Assembly constituency
• Malda, West Bengal
• Malda district
• Anath Bondhu Panja
• Brajakishore Chakraborty
• Mrigendra Dutta
• Ramkrishna Roy
• Bhupal Chandra Panda
• 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election