Life History of Bipin Chandra Pal
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Leader of the Nationalist movement, Bipin Chandra Pal was born on 7th November 1858 in Poil Village, Habiganj District, now a part of Bangladesh, in a wealthy Hindu Vaishnava family.
He had a multi-faceted personality that included being a leader, teacher, journalist, orator, writer and librarian
His son was Niranjan Pal, one of the founders of Bombay Talkies. His son-in-law was the ICS officer, S. K. Dey, who later became a union minister. His another son-in-law was freedom fighter Ullaskar Dutta who married Lila Dutta.
As revolutionary as he was in politics, Pal was the same in his private life as well. After his first wife died, he married a widow and joined the Brahmo Samaj.
Bipin Chandra Pal is known as the ‘Father Of Revolutionary Thoughts’ in India and was one of the freedom fighters of India.
Pal featured on a 1958 Indian stamp by Government of India.
He was one of the mightiest prophets of nationalism who fought bravely for a noble cause of India’s independence. He was a great patriot, orator, journalist and a great warrior who till the end fought for the freedom of India.
He started the weekly 'Paridarshak' when he was just 22 years old.
Though originally considered a moderate within the Indian National Congress, by 1919 Pal had moved closer to the more militant policies of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, one of the leading nationalist politicians.
In later years Pal allied himself with fellow Bengali nationalists who resented the cult of personality surrounding Mahatma Gandhi, the most popular nationalist leader.
Pal’s overriding concern in his writings from 1912 to 1920 was to achieve confederation of the different regions and different communities within India. After 1920 he remained aloof from national politics but continued to contribute to Bengali journals.
He passed away on this day, May 20, 1932 in Kolkata. When he was 73 years old.
He emphasised on the use of Indian goods and believed that the boycott of foreign goods would help in eradicating poverty and unemployment
He did not believe in mild form of protests like Non-Cooperation with the government
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