Jailed For Writing
An avid reader, some of his books are preserved in the Asiatic Society library, Kolkata.
He wrote extensively and published highly provocative booklets inspiring people against British rule. Some of his booklets – Desher Dak, Biplabi Bangla, Bharate Tular Chas, Bharate Kaporer Itihas and Bilati Bastra Barjon Koribo Keno - were extremely popular. The government banned some of these and he was often jailed for revolting against the king. In 1931, he was lodged in Buxa fort in North Bengal, which was turned into a prison "for dangerous revolutionaries".
While he was a Congressman and was close to Chittaranjan Das, Subhas Chandra Bose and Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy he maintained links with many underground revolutionaries and provided them with support and sustenance.
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