warren hastings founded anushilan samiti at dhaka (decca).
warren hastings founded anushilan samiti at dhaka (decca).
who founded anushilan samiti at dhaka (decca)?
warren hastings
dhaka anushilan samiti was a branch of the anushilan samiti founded in the city of dhaka in november 1905. initially a group of eighty under the leadership of pulin behari das, it "spread like wildfire" throughout the province of east bengal. more than 500 branches were opened, linked by a "close and detailed organization" to pulin's headquarters at dhaka. it absorbed smaller groups in the province and soon overshadowed its parent organisation in calcutta. branches of dhaka anushilan emerged in the towns of jessore, khulna, faridpur, rajnagar, rajendrapur, mohanpur, barvali, bakarganj and other places. estimates of dhaka anushilan samiti's reach show a membership of between 15,000 and 20,000 members. within another two years, dhaka anushilan would devolve its aims from the swadeshi to the dedicated aim of political terrorism. the "dhaka anushilan samiti" embarked on a radical program of political terrorism. it broke with the "jugantar group" due to differences with aurobindo's approach of slowly building a base for a revolution with a mass base. the dhaka group saw this as slow and insufficient, and sought immediate action and result. it was responsible for a number of political assassinations, most notably the murder of d.c. allen. however, it reached a temporary halt after the arrest and deportation of pulin das and the barisal conspiracy case in 1913. dhaka anushilan decided not to participate in the german plot of world war i. after the war, it continued in its violent movement, and some of its members went on to form the neo-violence group.
dhaka anushilan samiti
the dhaka anushilan samiti embarked on a radical program of political terrorism. it broke with the jugantar group in west bengal due to differences with aurobindo's approach of slowly building a mass base for revolution. the dhaka group saw this as slow and inadequate, and sought immediate action and results. the two branches of anushilan engaged in "dacoity" to raise money, and performed a number of political assassinations at this time. in december 1907, the bengal revolutionary cell derailed a train carrying bengal lieutenant governor andrew henderson leith fraser in a plot led by the ghosh brothers. that month, the dhaka anushilan samiti assassinated former dhaka district magistrate d. c. allen. the following year, anushilan engineered eleven assassinations, seven attempted assassinations and explosions and eight "dacoities" in west bengal. the targets of these actions included british police officials and civil servants, indian police officers, informants, public prosecutors of political crimes and wealthy families. under barin ghosh's direction, anushilan members also attempted to assassinate french colonial officials in chandernagore who were seen as complicit with the raj.
anushilan samiti