Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee (1895 – 2 April 1960) was an Indianfreedom fighter,revolutionary and member ofRajya Sabha.
He was aBengali Hindu. Jogesh Chandra became a member of theAnushilan Samiti. He was one of the founder members ofHindustan Republican Association (HRA) (in 1924) that later becameHindustan Socialist Republican Association.[1] He was arrested several times for revolutionary activities. He was tried in theKakori conspiracy case in 1926 and received rigorous imprisonment for life.
He wrote two books 1) Indian Revolutionaries In Conference 2) In Search Of Freedom (as biography)
In 1937, Jogesh Chandra joined Congress Socialist party but left it very shortly and formed a new party in 1940 with the name ofRevolutionary Socialist Party of which he remained the General Secretary from 1940 to 1953. He was the Vice-President ofUnited Trades Union Congress (the trade union wing ofRSP) from 1949 to 1953 andUnited Socialist Organisation for the year 1949 only.[2]
After independence, however, he returned to theCongress and became a member of theRajya Sabha fromUttar Pradesh in 1956 and remained its member till his death on 2 April 1960.[3]
