Basanta Kumar Biswas

Basanta Kumar Biswas
Born(1895-02-06)6 February 1895
Poragacha, Nadia, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died11 May 1915(1915-05-11) (aged 20)
Ambala, Punjab, British India (now Haryana, India)
OrganizationJugantar
MovementIndian Independence movement

Basanta Kumar Biswas (6 February 1895 – 11 May 1915) was an Indian pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group who, in December 1912, played a role in the bombing of the Viceroy's parade in what came to be known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy.

Biswas was one of the illustrious names of the early pro-independence activists of Bengal and the entire country. He was expert in bomb making and was initiated into revolutionary movement by Jugantar leaders Amarendranath Chattopadhyaya and Rash Behari Bose.[1][2][3]

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  3. ^ "২০ বছরেই উঠেছিলেন ফাঁসির মঞ্চে, অকুতোভয় বসন্ত কুমার বিশ্বাসের স্মৃতি ছড়িয়ে সুদূর টোকিওতেও". ABP News (in Bengali). 4 August 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.