On the Janma Divas of Brave #SuhasiniGanguly, I write a brief tribute for the woman who was a rare figure in male dominated bastion of revolutionaries.
Born on this day Feb 03 1909 at Bengal, she passed matriculation and joined as a teacher at
Kolkata where she got acquainted with #JugantarParty and by 1929, British came to know about her activities.
She shifted her base to Chandannagar as it was French ruled, the Chittagong Armory Raid was one of the biggest attacks on British & Suhasini with Shashidhar Acharya
disguised themselves as Married Couple & gave shelters for those freedom fighters at her place. On September 01, 1930 British raided her house & in the melee Jiban Ghoshal got killed, Suhasini for the first time got arrested.
who attempted to kill Bengal Governor Stanley & British jailed her for 6 years from 1932 to 38.
Coming out she joined Communist party, during Quit India Movement, since Communists weren’t participating, she gave shelter for freedom fighter #HemantaTarafdar of Congress.
The British jailed her again for 3rd time for 3 more years.
Now, this becomes unpardonable, Post Independence, Nehru govt arrested Suhasini for being a Communist. If the British arrested her thrice Nehru arrested her several times between 1948-49.
Gradually Suhasini distanced
herself from Communists as Communists became more Anti Bharat.
She started leading a modest life, in 1965, she met with a road accident and because of negligence & apathy by govt, Suhasini Passed Away on 23rd March 1965.
Gandhi moved resolution congratulating Viceroy Irwin & his wife for escaping from bomb attack, by saying he see himself as a trustee of the safety of British lives.
But what about the lives of the Congressmen, or other freedom fighters,
who were required to sacrifice without demur. Many Congressmen opposed the resolution, eg, HD Rajah from Tamil Nadu wondered "What did it matter to them whether the bomb hit the Viceroy or a donkey?'' The resolution won by a narrow margin, 904 in favor and 823 against ''
(later the word "donkey'' was replaced by "any other'')
H D Rajah, a great SC leader from TN and proud Hindu was later sidelined by Congress & Ambedkar, got politically marginalised, this blunder of Congress gave way to EVR, DK.
In the early part of 19th century, the freedom fighters across India came together & decided to go all out against British.
Abhinav Bharath, Anushilan Samithi & Gadar party were formed to liberate Bharath.
By #Violence, they built
pressure & with Pen, they caught the attention world over.
At this crucial juncture, when Independence was inevitable, the British planned to bring Gandhi to India in early 1915.
How they did? Read on…
The British themselves enhanced his stature among the general public,
which in due course, contributed to his emergence as the Mahatma. On the eve of his return to India in Jan 1915, Gen Smuts, the South African min, told the press: "I am convinced that Gandhi is sincerely anxious to come to a fair settlement, and his power while it lasts, is an
“Even should the British leave in consequence of such murderous acts, who will rule in their place? The only answer is: the murderers”.
According to Gandhi, British were fit to rule India and those who took up armed resistance against
British were Murderers.
Remember that this statement was done in 1909, where there was no connection between Gandhi & Freedom Struggle.
"India can gain nothing from the rule of murderers-no matter whether they are black or white. Under such a rule, India will be utterly ruined
& laid waste. This train of thought leads to a host of reflections, but I have no time to set them down here. I'm afraid some Indians will commend this murder. I believe they will be guilty of a heinous sin. We ought to abandon such fanciful ideas.'' (Ref: Gandhi - Hind Swaraj)