| Name(s) |
JATINDRA NATH DAS
(a.k.a. JATIN DAS) |
| Date of
Birth |
October 27, 1904 |
| Date of
Death |
September 13, 1929 |
|
Identity |
Indian freedom
fighter and revolutionary. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1921: He participated in
Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement.
- November 1925: He was arrested
for his political activities and was imprisoned. While
interned there, he went on a hunger strike to protest the
ill-treatment meted out to the political prisoners.
- June 14, 1929: He was
arrested for revolutionary activities and was imprisoned in
Lahore jail to be tried under the supplementary Lahore
Conspiracy Case.
- June 15, 1929: In Lahore
jail, Das began a hunger strike along with other
revolutionary fighters, demanding equality for Indian
political prisoners with those from Europe. The hunger
strike lasted for 63 days till finally he died.
- September 13, 1979: A
commemorative postge stamp was issued on this day (his 50th
martyedom anniversary) by Govt. of India.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He died in Lahore jail after a continuous hunger strike
for 63 days and it shocked the whole of India.
- He was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republic
Association.
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