Bhupendranath Datta

Revolutionary, Freedom Fighter, Biological Anthropologist

Indian Calcutta, Bengal, British India

Quick Info

ProfessionRevolutionary, Freedom Fighter, Biological Anthropologist
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth04/09/1880
Age81 years (died on 25, Dec, 1961)
BirthplaceCalcutta, Bengal, British India
Date of Death25/12/1961

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Bio/Wiki

NicknameBhupen

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt and Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar's Metropolitan Institution, Machuabazar, Kolkata
College/University
  • New York University, New York
  • Brown University, United States
  • University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Degrees
  • Masters of Arts from Brown University, United States
  • PhD degree in anthropology from Hamburg University of Germany (1923)
  • Undergraduate degree from New York University (1912)
  • Masters of Arts in Sociology from Brown University, United States (1914)
  • D.Phil degree in Anthropology from Hamburg University, Germany (1923)

Personal Life

ReligionHinduism
CasteBengali Kayastha
Food HabitVegetarian
ControversyArrested by the British Police for preaching sedition through articles in Jugantar

Relationships & More

Marital StatusUnmarried

Family

FatherBiswanath Datta (attorney of Calcutta High Court)
MotherBhubaneswari Devi (homemaker)
SiblingsNarendranath Datta (Swami Vivekananda), Mahendranath Datta, and 4 sisters

Career

Political Party
  • Jugantar
  • Ghadar Party
  • Communist International
  • AITUC
  • Bengal Revolutionary Society
  • Indian National Congress
MovementIndian Independence Movement
Notable Works
  • Baishnaba Sahitye (in Bengali)
  • Bharatera Dvitiya Svadhinatara Samgrama: Aprakasita Rajanitika (in Bengali)
  • Bharatiya Samaja-Paddhati (in Bengali)
  • Dialectics of Hindu Ritualism
  • Studies in Indian Social Polity
  • Swami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet: A Study
Key Positions
  • Editor of Jugantar Patrika (1906)
  • Secretary of Indian Independence Committee in Berlin (1916-1918)
  • President of All Bengal Youth Association (1928)
  • Member of Bengal Regional Congress (1927-28)
  • Member of All India Congress Committee (1929)
  • President of Carters' Union
  • President of Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha (1937-1940)
  • Chairman of reception committee, Socialist Youth Congress (1927)
  • Chaired two All India Trade Union Congress annual conferences

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Bhupendranath experienced a significant loss at the age of four when his father died, causing the family to move to his maternal grandparents' home.
2. He endured another tragedy at age 22 with the death of his oldest brother, who had taken over the family responsibilities.
3. His participation in the Brahmo Samaj influenced his beliefs in a caste-less society and opposition to superstitions.
4. He edited the newspaper Jugantar Patrika, closely associating with notable figures like Sri Aurobindo.
5. During World War I, he actively engaged in revolutionary activities in Germany.
6. He presented a research paper on India’s political conditions to Vladimir Lenin in Moscow in 1921.
7. Datta co-founded the Calcutta Tramways Workers’ Union and was deeply involved in organizing labor movements.
8. He contributed to the Progressive Writers’ Association and supported community kitchens during the Bengal Famine of 1943.
9. In 1916, he became the secretary of the Indian Independence Committee in Berlin, serving until 1918.
10. He joined the German Anthropological Society in 1920 and the German Asiatic Society in 1924.
11. At the 1930 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress, he proposed and had accepted a fundamental right for Indian farmers by the committee led by Jawaharlal Nehru.
12. He served as president of the All Bengal Youth Association and chaired annual conferences of the All India Trade Union Congress.
13. He passed the Entrance examination from Metropolitan Institution in 1898.
14. He joined the Bengal Revolutionary Society formed by Pramathanath Mitra in 1902.
15. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 1907 and released after eleven months.
16. He went to America on 16 August 1908.
17. He graduated from New York University in 1912.
18. He visited Europe in 1914 and Russia in 1921.
19. He returned to India in 1925.
20. He was the youngest of seven siblings, with his eldest brother being Narendranath Datta, who became the renowned Swami Vivekananda.
21. He chaired the reception committee for the Socialist Youth Congress held on 27 December 1927 in Calcutta, where he drew attention to Marxism.
22. He sent a personal appeal to Jawaharlal Nehru during the late-1920s labor unrest in Bombay's textile mills and played a pivotal role in setting up the Meerut Defence Fund.
23. During the Bengal Nagpur Railway strike of 1927, he set up camp in Kharagpur to support the workers.
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