Badal Gupta (Aged 18) real name Sudhir Gupta born on 1912 in the village Purba Shimulia (East Shimulia) in the Bikrampur region of Dhaka, now in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh, India. He was an Indian revolutionary who fought against British rule in India. Badal Gupta was inspired by the revolutionary activities of his two paternal uncles, late Dharaninath Gupta and Nagendranath Gupta, who were involved in the Alipore Bomb Case and were imprisoned along with Rishi Aurobindo Ghosh. In 1928, Badal Gupta joined the Bengal Volunteers, where he met Kanailal Bhattacharjee, another Bengal Volunteer.
The Bengal Volunteers aimed to target Lt Col NS Simpson, the Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for his oppression of prisoners in jails. The revolutionaries decided not only to murder him but also to strike terror in British official circles by launching an attack on the Secretariat Building, also known as the Writers’ Building, in the Dalhousie square in Kolkata.
On 8 December 1930, Badal Gupta, along with Dinesh Gupta and Benoy Basu, dressed in European costume, entered the Writers’ Building and shot dead Simpson. In response, police in the building started firing at them. What ensued was a brief gunfight between the three young revolutionaries and the police. During the shooting, some other officers, like Twynam, Prentice, and Nelson, suffered injuries. Soon, the police overpowered them. However, the three did not wish to be arrested. Badal took Potassium cyanide, while Benoy and Dinesh shot themselves with their own revolvers. Badal died on the spot, at the age of 18. Only Dinesh Gupta survived, but he was later executed.
Badlal Gupta
(1912 -1930) – (West Bengal)
Badal Gupta (Aged 18) real name Sudhir Gupta born on 1912 in the village Purba Shimulia (East Shimulia) in the Bikrampur region of Dhaka, now in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh, India. He was an Indian revolutionary who fought against British rule in India. Badal Gupta was inspired by the revolutionary activities of his two paternal uncles, late Dharaninath Gupta and Nagendranath Gupta, who were involved in the Alipore Bomb Case and were imprisoned along with Rishi Aurobindo Ghosh. In 1928, Badal Gupta joined the Bengal Volunteers, where he met Kanailal Bhattacharjee, another Bengal Volunteer.
The Bengal Volunteers aimed to target Lt Col NS Simpson, the Inspector General of Prisons, who was infamous for his oppression of prisoners in jails. The revolutionaries decided not only to murder him but also to strike terror in British official circles by launching an attack on the Secretariat Building, also known as the Writers’ Building, in the Dalhousie square in Kolkata.
On 8 December 1930, Badal Gupta, along with Dinesh Gupta and Benoy Basu, dressed in European costume, entered the Writers’ Building and shot dead Simpson. In response, police in the building started firing at them. What ensued was a brief gunfight between the three young revolutionaries and the police. During the shooting, some other officers, like Twynam, Prentice, and Nelson, suffered injuries. Soon, the police overpowered them. However, the three did not wish to be arrested. Badal took Potassium cyanide, while Benoy and Dinesh shot themselves with their own revolvers. Badal died on the spot, at the age of 18. Only Dinesh Gupta survived, but he was later executed.
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