Lokenath Bal

Lokenath Bal
Second Deputy Commissioner of the Calcutta Corporation
In office
1 May 1952 to 19 July 1962
Preceded byPrankrishna Bal
Personal details
Born(1908-03-08)8 March 1908
Chittagong, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India (now Chittagong, Bangladesh)
Died4 September 1964(1964-09-04) (aged 56)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Lokenath Bal (Bengali: লোকনাথ বল) (8 March 1908 – 4 September 1964) was an Indian independence activist and a member of the armed resistance movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930.[1] Later, he joined the Indian National Congress. After the Indian independence, he worked as an administrative officer in the Calcutta Corporation till his death.[2]

  1. ^ Chandra, Bipan and others (1998). India's Struggle for Independence, New Delhi: Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-010781-9, p.251
  2. ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra (ed.) (1988) Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (in Bengali), Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad, p.503