Remembering Jatindra Nath Das on his 114th birth anniversary: All about the feisty freedom fighter
Read on to know about Jatindra Nath Das, the young freedom fighter who laid down his life to ensure equality for Indian political prisoners with those from Europe
Jatindranath Das (1904-1929) was a revolutionary nationalist who was accused in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. He carried out a hunger strike against inhuman treatment meted out to Indian prisoners in Lahore Jail. He died in Lahore Jail and his funeral procession from Lahore to Calcutta was witnessed by thousands of mourners. Approximately five lakh people had walked in the final procession at Calcutta. The revolutionary leader Durga Bhabhi (Durgavati Devi) led the procession
The Funeral Procession of Jatindranath Das was a short documentary film made in 1930. It showed a vast concourse of people following the funeral procession of the young revolutionary through the streets of Kolkata. The documentary had a huge propaganda potential. Shots of the massive crowd, the close-ups of the desolate faces, and the scene of the pyre in flames made its appeal. The government described it as ‘very effective’ and banned it because ‘it is sure to create among the spectators a feeling of hatred against the present system of government which would appear to have caused the death of Jatindranath Das’.
The documentary was banned on 21st March, 1931 along with two other films under the Cinematograph Act of 1918.
Listed below are facts you should know about the freedom fighter:
He was born in Calcutta on October 27, 1904
He was a bright student and passed the Matriculation and Intermediate examinations in the First Division He joined the Anushilan Samiti, a revolutionary group in Bengal, and also participated in Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation movement in 1921, at the tender age of just 17 While pursuing BA at Vidyasagar College in Calcutta, in November 1925, he was arrested for political activities and was jailed at the Mymensingh Central Jail, where he resorted to hunger strike to protest against the ill-treatment meted out to political prisoners
After fasting for twenty days, the Jail Superintendent apologised and he gave up the fast
Revolutionaries in other parts of India contacted him and he agreed to participate in bomb-making for Bhagat Singh and comrades On June 14, 1929, he was arrested for revolutionary activities and was imprisoned in Lahore jail along with Bhagat Singh and others to be tried under the supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case
In the Lahore jail, Das began a hunger strike along with other revolutionary fighters on June 15, 1929, demanding equality for Indian political prisoners with those from Europ On the 50th anniversary of his martyrdom, the Indian Post paid homage to the memory of the young revolutionary by issuing a special postage stamp
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