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Sachindra Nath Sanyal
● Born on April 3, 1893 in the North-Western Provinces of Banaras, Sachindra Nath was known for his independent and revolutionary views from a very young age.
● He married Pratibha Sanyal who stood shoulder to shoulder with him in his fight against the British rule.
● Indian nationalist and freedom fighter Sachindra Nath Sanyal was one of the founders of the revolutionary organization Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), which later became the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928.
● The top priority of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was to use arms, force and other harsh measures to oppose British rule in India.
● He inspired many young followers across the country and guided revolutionaries like Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh.
● Sanyal belonged to the Bengali Brahmin community and had unwavering faith in Hinduism.
● Sanyal played a major role in awakening revolutionary ideas during the British Raj in India from the year 1913.
● During this, he had established a branch of the organization named 'Anushilan Samiti' in Patna. It was a group of local youths from Akharas (Gyms) who supported violent measures against the British rule in India.
● Sanyal, a close associate of Rash Behari Bose, was considered the highest ranking leader of India's revolutionary movement after the departure of Bose to Japan.
● Sachindra Nath Sanyal was also part of the Ghadar Party's conspiracy, which involved smuggling arms and ammunition into India on a large scale, to launch anti-British activities across the country.
● However, their plans got thwarted as the British authorities had already got the news about it, which crushed the movement in February, 1915.
● Sanyal went underground to avoid British action and continue the freedom struggle. Sanyal was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the conspiracy.
● During his imprisonment in the Cellular Jail of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the year 1922, he wrote a book titled 'Bandi Jeevan'.
● Sanyal was briefly released from jail for unknown reasons and again started participating in anti-British activities which infuriated the British authorities.
● They imprisoned Sanyal once again and this time they also confiscated Sanyal's ancestral property in Banaras. Sanyal has the unique distinction of being imprisoned twice in the Cellular Jail (Port Blair) which was one of the most deplorable prisons of that time.
● During his second imprisonment, he contracted tuberculosis (TB) which eventually proved fatal. In the last days of his life, due to his poor health, he was shifted to Gorakhpur Jail.
● He died on February 7, 1942.

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