Batukeshwar Dutta | |
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Died | 20 July 1965 | (aged 54)
Nationality | British Indian (1910–1947) Indian (1947–1965) |
Occupation | Freedom Fighter |
Organization(s) | Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Naujawan Bharat Sabha Communist Consolidation |
Known for | Indian Freedom Movement |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Anushilan Samiti |
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Batukeshwar Dutta (or Dutta; 18 November 1910 – 20 July 1965) was an Indian socialist and independence fighter in the early 1900s.[2] He is best known for having exploded two bombs, along with Bhagat Singh, in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi on 8 April 1929. After they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for life, he and Singh initiated a historic hunger strike protesting against the abusive treatment of Indian political prisoners, and eventually secured some rights for them.[3] He was also a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.