Motilal Roy | |
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| Born | 5 January 1883 Borai Chanditala,Chandannagore, Hooghly district,British India( Now in West Bengal, India) |
| Died | 10 April 1959(1959-04-10) (aged 76) |
| Occupations | Revolutionary leader, journalist, social reformer |
Motilal Roy (5 January 1883 — 10 April 1959) was aBengali revolutionary and journalist who founded thePrabartak Sangha, a nationalist organisation for social works.[1]
Motilal Roy was born at Borai Chanditala,Chandannagore, Hooghly district inBritish India. His father was Biharilal Singha Roy. Their family was fromUttar Pradesh. After his only daughter died, Roy was attracted toVaishnavism and in 1920 he organised a group to serve poor people.[2]
Motilal joined in the movement againstPartition of Bengal (1905) in 1905.[citation needed] Later he was attached with armed revolutionaries of Bengal. He collected that revolver and supplied toKanailal Dutta byShrish Chandra Ghosh for the assassination of Naren Goswami in 1908. Roy established the Prabartak Sangha under the inspiration ofSri Aurobindo. Roy's home as well as the Sangha were the important safe house of Indian freedom fighters. Hundreds ofIndian 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 goingPondicherry. Roy assumed the title ofSangha Guru or the chief spiritual leader of the organization.[4][5] He also established school, library, students hostel publication house andKhadi business for people.[2] A fortnightly journal of his organisation namedPrabartak was edited by another senior revolutionaryManindra Nath Nayak.[6]
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