Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
Bengali politician (1885-1933)
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta (22 February 1885 – 23 July 1933) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule. He was arrested several times by the British police. In 1933, he died in a prison located in Ranchi, India.
Sengupta studied at Hare School, Calcutta, and Presidency College, Calcutta. After that he travelled to England, where he studied law at Downing College, Cambridge. During his stay there, he met and married Edith Ellen Gray, later known as Nellie Sengupta. He was elected president of the Cambridge Majlis in 1908. After returning to India, he started a legal practice. He also joined in Indian politics, becoming a member of the Indian National Congress and participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement. Eventually, he gave up his legal practice in favour of his political commitment.
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