Motilal Roy

Motilal Roy (January 5, 1883 - April 10, 1959) was a Bengali revolutionary, journalist, social reformer. He founded the Prabartak Sangha, a nationalist organisation for social works.[1]

Motilal Roy
BornJanuary 5, 1883
Borai Chanditala, Chandannagore, Hooghly district, British India
DiedApril 10, 1959(1959-04-10) (aged 76)
Occupationrevolutionary leader, journalist, social reformer

Early life
Statue of Motilal Roy in Prabartak Sangha

Motilal Roy was born at Borai Chanditala, Chandannagore, Hooghly district in British India. His father was Biharilal Singha Roy. Their family was originated from Chettri Rajput of Uttar Pradesh. Roy completed his schooling from Free Church Institution. After the sad demise of his only girl child, Roy attracted to Vaishnavism and in 1920 he organised a group to serve the poor people.[2]

Activities

Motilal joined in the movement against Partition of Bengal (1905) in 1905. Latter he was attached with armed revolutionaries of Bengal. He collected that revolver and supplied to Kanailal Dutta by Shrish Chandra Ghosh for the assassination of Naren Goswami in 1908. Roy established the Prabartak Sangha under the inspiration of Sri Aurobindo. Roy's home as well as the Sangha were the important safe house of Indian freedom fighters. Hundreds of Indian independence activists took shelter in Roy's house. Being a senior member of the revolutionary group he provided money and arms to the revolutionaries.[3] in 21 February, 1910 Aurobindo reached at Chandannagar and stayed in Roy's house for 42 days safely before going Pondicherry. Roy assumed the title of Sangha Guru or the chief spiritual leader of the organization.[4][5] He also established school, library, students hostel publication house and Khadi business for people.[2] A fortnightly journal of his organisation named Prabartak was edited by another senior revolutionary Manindra Nath Nayak.[6]

References
  1. Sangha, Prabartak (1970). "Message and Mission of Prabartak Samgha". Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. Volume 1, Subhodh Chandra Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Bibliographical Dictionary) (in Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. pp. 390–391. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
  3. "Next weekend you can be at Chandernagore". telegraphindia.com. February 6, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  4. Peter Heehs (2008). The Lives of Sri Aurobindo. ISBN 9780231140980. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  5. Kaushal Kishore (January 2016). The Life and Times of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. ISBN 9788184303681. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  6. Sailendra Nath Sen (2012). Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900-1955. ISBN 9789380607238. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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