Harendranath Munshi

Harendranath Munshi
হরেন্দ্রনাথ মুন্সী
Born	Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	30 January, 1938 Dhaka Central Jail, Dacca, British India (present day Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Cause of death	Force-feeding
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Indian independence movement

Harendranath Munshi (Bengali: হরেন্দ্রনাথ মুন্সী, died: 30 January, 1938) was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter involved in the Indian independence movement during 1930s.

Background

There is no proper record about the date of birth of Munshi. But, according to the news of his martyrdom covered by The West Australian in 1938, he was 24 when he attained martyrdom, thereby probably he was born in either 1914 or 1915. He was a member of the Chaugachha zamindar family of Chaugachha of erstwhile Jessore in British India (present day Bangladesh).

Revolutionary activities

As a revolutionary, Munshi was active in ample revolutionary activities. In 1934, he was sentenced to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment in the inter-provincial conspiracy case and he was first transferred to Diamond Harbour and later to Dhaka Central Jail. In the Dhaka Central Jail he started fatal hunger strike since 21 January, 1938, to exhibit his protest against inhuman treatments with the political prisoners and their classification as criminals.

Death

As a result of his fatal hunger strike, Munshi was courted the martyrdom on 30 January in 1938 during a brutal force feeding process. After his martyrdom, The West Australian covered the news under the title "Young Man's Determined Protest".

News of martyrdom of Munshi covered by The West Australian on 31 January, 1938