Taraknath Das also known as Tarak Nath Das (Aged 74) born on June 15, 1884, in Majupara near Kanchrapara, Parganas District, West Bengal, India, was from a lower-middle-class family. His father, Kalimohan, was a clerk at the Central Telegraph Office in Calcutta. Recognizing his potential as a brilliant student, his headmaster encouraged him to participate in an essay contest on patriotism. Impressed by the quality of his paper, one of the judges, Barrister P. Mitter, founder of the Anushilan Samiti, asked his associate Satish Chandra Basu to recruit the 16-year-old boy.
In 1901, after passing his Entrance Examination with high marks, Tarak went to Calcutta and enrolled in the well-known General Assembly’s Institution (now Scottish Church College) for university studies. In his secret patriotic activity, he found full support from his elder sister Girija.
Disguised as a monk under the name of Tarak Brahmachari, he left for Madras on a lecture tour. After Swami Vivekananda and Bipin Chandra Pal, he was the first person in the region who stirred up such a passion with his patriotic speeches. Among young revolutionaries, he particularly inspired Nilakantha Brahmachari, Subrahmania Shiva, and Chidambaram Pillai. In 1905, he went to Japan to escape persecution by British authorities. However, the Meiji government started cracking down on liberation movements after they renewed a treaty with the British.
On July 16, 1907, Tarak arrived in Seattle. After earning his livelihood as a farm-worker, he was appointed at the laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, before enrolling himself as a student. Simultaneously, qualifying as a translator and interpreter of the American Civil Administration, he joined the Department of Immigration, Vancouver, in January 1908. He was a professor of political science at Columbia University and a visiting faculty in several other universities. He passed away on December 22, 1958, in New York City.
Tarak Nath Das
(1884 – 1958) – (West Bengal)
Taraknath Das also known as Tarak Nath Das (Aged 74) born on June 15, 1884, in Majupara near Kanchrapara, Parganas District, West Bengal, India, was from a lower-middle-class family. His father, Kalimohan, was a clerk at the Central Telegraph Office in Calcutta. Recognizing his potential as a brilliant student, his headmaster encouraged him to participate in an essay contest on patriotism. Impressed by the quality of his paper, one of the judges, Barrister P. Mitter, founder of the Anushilan Samiti, asked his associate Satish Chandra Basu to recruit the 16-year-old boy.
In 1901, after passing his Entrance Examination with high marks, Tarak went to Calcutta and enrolled in the well-known General Assembly’s Institution (now Scottish Church College) for university studies. In his secret patriotic activity, he found full support from his elder sister Girija.
Disguised as a monk under the name of Tarak Brahmachari, he left for Madras on a lecture tour. After Swami Vivekananda and Bipin Chandra Pal, he was the first person in the region who stirred up such a passion with his patriotic speeches. Among young revolutionaries, he particularly inspired Nilakantha Brahmachari, Subrahmania Shiva, and Chidambaram Pillai. In 1905, he went to Japan to escape persecution by British authorities. However, the Meiji government started cracking down on liberation movements after they renewed a treaty with the British.
On July 16, 1907, Tarak arrived in Seattle. After earning his livelihood as a farm-worker, he was appointed at the laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, before enrolling himself as a student. Simultaneously, qualifying as a translator and interpreter of the American Civil Administration, he joined the Department of Immigration, Vancouver, in January 1908. He was a professor of political science at Columbia University and a visiting faculty in several other universities. He passed away on December 22, 1958, in New York City.
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