Manoranjan Sengupta
Manoranjan Sengupta (1898 – 3 December 1915) was a revolutionary and a participant in the Indian independence movement. He was a colleague of revolutionary Purnachandra Das and a member of the Madaripur Samiti, a secret revolutionary organization led by Purnachandra. He was involved in the collection of arms and ammunition from the German ship "Maverick" off the coast of Baleshwar in Orissa on September 1915 under the leadership of the revolutionary Bagha Jatin. Early life. Sengupta was born in 1898 in the village of Khairbhanga under Madaripur Sadar upazila. His father's name was Haldhar Sengupta, who was an  accountant in a local estate. Manoranjan's elder brother Prafulla Sengupta was a teacher at Madaripur High School. Manoranjan was a master of stick and sword fighting. He was first a revolutionary member of the Madaripur Brati Samiti and later of the Madaripur Samiti in 1910. He along with three others, Chittapriya, Jyotish and his cousin Nirendranath, joined the Jugantar party under the leadership of Bagha Jatin. In 1913, he was along with his cousin Manoranjan Sengupta were imprisoned on charges of Faridpur Conspiracy Case. After their release from prison, they shot and killed Nirad Haldar, a notorious intelligence officer , in 1915. He was involved in the collection of arms and ammunition from the German ship "Maverick" off the coast of Baleshwar in Orissa in September 1915. Death. Late at night on 6 September 1915, Bagha Jatin or Jatin Mukherjee returned to his temporary abode in Mahaldiha. With Chittapriya Ray Chaudhuri, Jyotish Chandra Pal, Manoranjan and Nirendranath Dasgupta. On 6 September, the whole day was spent in the deep forest. In the early morning of 9 September, he reached Balaramgarh in Baleshwar at Buribalam (in Orissa it is called "Budhabalang") On the banks of the river. They swam to the  other side of the river and took refuge in a dry ditch, quite suitable for battle. In contrast, Charles Tegart, Commander Rutherford, and District Magistrate Kilby appeared with numerous armed police and military forces. Behind the bushes, there are five people led by Bagha Jatin, with mauser pistols in their hands. When the fighting started, Chittapriya Roy Chowdhury was killed on the spot by the police. Manoranjan, Jyotish Pal and Nirendranath Dasgupta surrendered. Later Manoranjan and Nirendranath were sentenced to death on 16 October 1915. Both of them were hanged on 3 December 1915. Jyotish Chandra Pal also did not  live long. While serving his sentence in Andaman Cellular Jail, he went insane under the brutal torture of the police . He died on 4 December 1924 at Behrampur Ashram.