Evaluation
James Campbell Ker’s Political Trouble in India: 1907-1917 discusses Viren alias Chatto. He described some of the less appealing aspects of his character and actions.
He was deeply admired by colleagues such as M.N. Roy and Dr. Abinash Chandra Bhattacharya for his able leadership, sharp intelligence and sincere emotion.
In his autobiography decades later, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote of Chatto:
"A very able and a very delightful person… His humour and light heartedness never left him… A fit of homesickness came to him when he longed to be back… No exile can escape the malady of his tribe, that consumption of the soul, as Mazzini called it… Of the few I met, the only persons who impressed me intellectually were Virendranath Chattopadhyay and M.N. Roy."
Virendranath's family line survives today in Kolkata. (? descendants, or siblings' children?)
Read more about this topic: Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
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