Nitya Ranjan Choudhury (Tilon Action of West Dinajpur )
Born 1906, Balurghat, West Dinajpur, West Bengal. S/o late Lalit Mohan Choudhury. Matriculated. Belonged to Yugantar Party. Arrested on 4th August 1934 in connection with an action ( Tilon Action - W. Dinajpur). Sentenced to Ten years prison term. Deported to the Andamans. Took part in the second hunger strike in Cellular jail-July 1937 for 37 days. Total jail period more than six years.
Nandgopal Chopra ( )
He was an editor of weekly 'Inquilab' Lahore. S/o Bulaki Ram. He had got already a sentence of 5 years R.I. at Lahore for writing seditious articles. While he was at large on bail he took up publication of swarajya. He could manage to edit nearly a dozen issues of Swarajya. Arrested and sentenced to transportationon three different counts to an aggregate term of 30 years. Deported to the Andamans.
Manoranjan Choudhury (Bathua Action and Conspiracy Case)
Born 25.03.1916, Madarsa , Chittagong, s/o Late Gobinda Chowdhury . Joined Anusheelan Samity . Arrested in connection with Bathua action and Conspiracy Case on 24th February 1934. Sentenced to a prison term of 7 years. Deported to Andamans. Participated in the second hunger strike in Cellular Jail, July 1937, 37 days. Repatriated in 1938, January. Released in 1939.
Keshav Lal Chatterjee (Arms Act Barisal, Bangladesh. )
Arrested in connection with an armed action. Sent up for trial and was sentenced to a prison term of five years in 20.05.1932. Deported to the Andamans. Took part in the hunger strike of 1933, May for 45 days. Total jail period more than 5 years.
This is not a comprehensive list. We have tried to record the names of the prominent freedom fighters who were involved in some of the major revolutionary movements of the time and incarcerated in this Cellular Jail. We welcome contributions from anyone who has specific details to Contact Us.
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