Revolutionary Jatindra Mohan Sengupta died in a prison in Ranchi on this day. After studying at Presidency College, Jatindra Mohan went to England, where he studied law at Downing College, Cambridge. In England, he met and married Edith Ellen Gray, later known as Nellie Sengupta, who also fought for India’s independence.

After returning to India, Jatindra Mohan practised law. Later, he joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the Non-cooperation Movement. He had set up an employees’ union at Burmah Oil Company.

In 1923, Jatindra Mohan became a member of the Bengal Legislative Council.

After the death of Chittaranjan Das, Jatindra Mohan was elected president of the Bengal Swaraj Party. He was also the president of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee. He functioned as the mayor of Calcutta from April 1929 to April 1930. He was arrested in March 1930 in Rangoon (now Yangon) for provoking people into protesting against Burma’s separation from India.

The next year, at the Round Table Conference in England, he submitted pictures of police atrocities by the British in Chittagong.

Jatindra Mohan was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned. In 1932, he was imprisoned in Poona (Pune) and Darjeeling.

He was later sent to a prison in Ranchi, where his health declined severely and he died.

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