SL No. | Name and Details | Place of Execution/ Death |
Date of Execution | Image |
1 | Kanailal Dutta (1888-1908) S/O Chunilal Chandannagar, Dist. Hooghly, West Bengal. Executed on Nov.10, 1908 for shooting dead approver Narendra Goswami inside jail. He died unperturbed on the gallows in the Old Alipore Central Jail on 10 November 1908. His martyrdom was commemorated by the public during and after his cremation, much to the displeasure of the British government. |
Old Alipore Jail (Harinbari-Presidency | 10th November,1908 | |
2 | Satyendra Nath Bosu (aka. Satyendranath Bose or Satyen Bose) (1882-1908) S/O Abhoycharan Midnapore, West Bengal. Executed on Nov.21,1908 for shooting dead approver Narendra Goswami (Gossain) outside the Old Alipore jail hospital. He was one of the founders of the Ananda Math, a revolutionary secret society in Midnapore, and when Khudiram Bose’s Sedition Case was filed at the Lower Court, Satyendranath was dismissed from his job for having connections with Khudiram Bose. In the Maniktala NoteBook, the name of Satyendranath appeared as the captain of the Midnapore Party. Subsequently, he was convicted in the Midnapore Arms Act and sentenced to two monthsí rigorous imprisonment. He was also a suspect in Maniktala Bomb Case, and while imprisoned in Alipore Jail, he and Kanailal Datta killed the approver, Naren Gossain, on 31 st August 1908. |
Executed in Old Alipore Jail (Harinbari present Presidency Jail) | 21st November, 1908 | |
3 | Charu Chandra Bose (1890-1909) S/O Keshablal Khulna (now in Bangladesh). Executed on March 19, 1909 for shooting dead Ashutosh Biswas, Public Prosecutor of Alipore Bomb case inside Jorabagan Court premises. Charu Chandra was physically challenged but did not let his physical condition deter him from contributing to the cause of India’s freedom. |
Alipore Central Jail (Old) (Haribari- Present Presidency Jail) |
19th March,1909 | |
4 | Birendranath Datta Gupta, S/O Umacharan Dacca (now in Bangladesh). He shot dead D.S.P. Shamsul Alam in Calcutta High Court premises. Alam was the prime investigator in the Alipore Conspiracy case. He was executed on Feb. 21, 1910 |
Alipore Central Jail (Old)Present Presidency Jail | 21st February, 1910 | |
5 | Gopinath Saha (Gopimohan) (1905-1924) S/O Bijoykrishna Serampur, Dist. Hooghly, West Bengal. Executed on March 1, 1924 for shooting dead an English civilian, mistaking him as Police Commissioner Tegart. |
Old Alipore Central Jail (Present Presidency | 1st March, 1924 | |
6 | Pramode Ranjan Choudhury (1904-1926) S/O Ishan Choudhury On 28 May 1926 Choudhury and other fellow revolutionary inmates killed the infamous deputy superintendent of police, Bhupen Chatterjee with an iron rod. Chatterjee was notorious for the mistreatment of undertrials and for spying on them. Executed on 28th September, 1926. |
Alipore Central Jail (New Central Jail). | 28th September, 1926 | |
7 | Ananta Hari Mitra (1906-1926 S/O Ramlal was sentenced to death for killing D.I.B. officer Bhupen Chatterjee inside the Jail where he was detained as an undertrial prisoner in Dakshineswar Bomb case. Executed on Sept. 28, 1926 in Alipore Central Jail (New Central Jail). |
Alipore Central Jail (New Central Jail) | 28th September, 1926 | |
8 | Ramakrishna Biswas (1910-1931) S/0 Durgakripa Chittagong (now in Bangladesh). Born January 16, 1910. He shot dead Inspector Tarini Mukherjee at Chandpur, Comilla (now in Bangladesh) mistaking him as Craig, l.G. of Police. Executed on August 4, 1931. An active member of Surya Sen's revolutionary group, Biswas with fellow revolutionaries planned to assassinate Mr. Craig, the Inspector General of Police for Chittagong. On 1 December 1930, along with Kalipada Chakravarty, Biswas went to Chandpur station, but mistakenly killed a rail inspector, Tarini Mukherjee, instead of Craig. Biswas and Chakravarty were arrested on 2nd December 1930. |
Alipore Central Jail (New), Kolkata | 2nd March, 1932 | |
9 | Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931) S/O Satish Chandra Gupta born in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. On 8 December 1930, Dinesh, along with Benoy Basu and Badal Gupta, dressed in European attire, entered the Secretariat Buildings, aka as the Writers' Building and shot dead the then Inspector General of Prisons Lt.Col. NS Simpson. Simpson was known for illegal torture of political prisoners at the Alipore Central Jail, and as part of the Bengal Volunteers, the trio decided to avenge the tortured prisoners by taking on Simspon at his office in the Secretariat Building. Benoy and Badal committed suicide but Dinesh was apprehended and sent to Alipore Central Jail. 19 year old Dinesh Gupta was hanged on 7 July 1931 at Alipore Jail after a trial. While in prison he wrote a series of letters to his relatives which display his depth of knowledge about literature. |
Alipore Central Jail (New) | 7th July, 1931 | |
10 | Dinesh Majumdar, (1907-1934 ) S/O Purna Chandra Basirhat, 24-Parganas, West Bengal. Majumdar shot dead Police Commissioner Quinn of Chandannagore (French). Attempted on the life of Tegart, Police Commissioner, Calcutta on 25th August, 1930, and being arrested for the latter event escaped from the Midnapore Central Jail and went underground. He was recaptured at Cornwallis Street, Calcutta, after a fight with the Police Party. He was executed on June 9, 1934 at the Alipore Central Jail. |
Alipore Central Jail (New) | 9th June, 1934 |