Satu Babu (Aged 45) was born in 1892 in the village of Mahinagar, under the jurisdiction of Sonarpur police station in the 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. His father’s name was Manmatha Nath Banerji. He was a member of the Jugantar Party and had close associations with revolutionaries like Atul Ghosh, Kularanjan Mukherji, and others. In 1914, he was involved in planning a political dacoity at Gobardanga in 24 Parganas, and attempted to commit another dacoity at Bhowanipore in Calcutta and one more at Sibpur in Howrah in 1915.
He conspired with his fellow revolutionaries and provided arms to certain members of the Madaripur group to assassinate Binode Ghosh and Sarat Sen. He was aware of the scheme to obtain help from the Germans in Batavia to organize an armed rebellion in India in 1916. He was arrested on 2 August 1916 and became a state prisoner. However, he was released on 12 January 1920 in connection with the amnesty following the Royal Proclamation of December 1919. He resumed revolutionary activity shortly after his release and got in close contact with Bhupendra Nath Datta, Jiban Lal Chatterji, and other revolutionaries who had been dealt with by the authorities under Regulation III of 1818 in September 1923.
He was put in charge of the Diamond Harbour Ashram, which was a recruiting center for Bhupen Datta’s Party. He was arrested again in November 1924 but was released unconditionally on 27 April 1928. He was arrested again on 26 September 1930 and detained in Presidency Jail. Kept under house domicile at Mahinagar, 24 Parganas on 4 May 1931, and detained again in Presidency Jail on 4 May 1933, he was transferred to Buxa Camp on 5 January 1934, and then to Deoli Camp on 24 April 1936, where he died on 6 February 1937.
Satkari Banerji @ Satu Babu
(1892 – 1937) – (West Bengal)
Satu Babu (Aged 45) was born in 1892 in the village of Mahinagar, under the jurisdiction of Sonarpur police station in the 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. His father’s name was Manmatha Nath Banerji. He was a member of the Jugantar Party and had close associations with revolutionaries like Atul Ghosh, Kularanjan Mukherji, and others. In 1914, he was involved in planning a political dacoity at Gobardanga in 24 Parganas, and attempted to commit another dacoity at Bhowanipore in Calcutta and one more at Sibpur in Howrah in 1915.
He conspired with his fellow revolutionaries and provided arms to certain members of the Madaripur group to assassinate Binode Ghosh and Sarat Sen. He was aware of the scheme to obtain help from the Germans in Batavia to organize an armed rebellion in India in 1916. He was arrested on 2 August 1916 and became a state prisoner. However, he was released on 12 January 1920 in connection with the amnesty following the Royal Proclamation of December 1919. He resumed revolutionary activity shortly after his release and got in close contact with Bhupendra Nath Datta, Jiban Lal Chatterji, and other revolutionaries who had been dealt with by the authorities under Regulation III of 1818 in September 1923.
He was put in charge of the Diamond Harbour Ashram, which was a recruiting center for Bhupen Datta’s Party. He was arrested again in November 1924 but was released unconditionally on 27 April 1928. He was arrested again on 26 September 1930 and detained in Presidency Jail. Kept under house domicile at Mahinagar, 24 Parganas on 4 May 1931, and detained again in Presidency Jail on 4 May 1933, he was transferred to Buxa Camp on 5 January 1934, and then to Deoli Camp on 24 April 1936, where he died on 6 February 1937.
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