#Bengali revolutionary schoolgirls, Shanti Ghosh and Sunita Chowdhury, enraged after #BhagatSingh execution, assassinated the District #Magistrate of Bengal.
In December 1931, two #Bengali revolutionary schoolgirls, Shanti ...
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Santi Ghosh and Suniti Choudhury: Two Teenage (15 and 16 years old ) Freedom Fighters Assassinated British Magistrate - The Mind Maps - Explore Think Connect
Santi Ghosh and Suniti Choudhury: Two Teenage (15 and 16 years old ) Freedom Fighters Assassinated British Magistrate - The Mind Maps - Explore Think Connect
In December 1931, two #Bengali revolutionary schoolgirls, Shanti Ghosh and Sunita Chowdhury, enraged after #BhagatSingh execution, assassinated the District #Magistrate of Bengal. A heartfelt salute to the courage of these #daughters.
Shanti Ghosh and Suniti Chowdhury were teenage Bengali freedom fighters known for assassinating a British district magistrate in 1931. Their actions inspired many other women to join the armed revolutionary struggle against British rule.
Revolutionary act
- On December 14, 1931, the two schoolgirls, Shanti Ghosh (age 15) and Suniti Chowdhury (age 14), walked into the office of C.G.B. Stevens, the District Magistrate of Comilla, in present-day Bangladesh.
- Under the pretense of presenting a petition for a swimming competition, they drew automatic pistols hidden under their shawls and shot Stevens dead.
- Their assassination of the British official was an act of defiance aimed at avenging the execution of revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev earlier that year.
Imprisonment and release
- Immediately after the assassination, Shanti and Suniti were arrested.
- In February 1932, they were sentenced to "transportation for life". Both expressed disappointment that they would not be executed as martyrs.
- After spending seven years in prison, they were released in 1939 due to amnesty negotiations initiated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Later lives
- Suniti Choudhury: After her release, she completed her medical education and became a doctor. She married her revolutionary colleague Pradyot Kumar Ghosh in 1947.
- Shanti Ghosh: She continued her education and became involved in the communist movement before joining the Indian National Congress. She later served on the West Bengal Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly.
