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Bagha Jatin: Remembering a 'forgotten' revolutionary

Our Correspondent, Kushtia
Bagha Jatin ignited the flame of revolution against the British rule in India, said speakers at a discussion marking the 9 9th death anniversary oftherevolutionary.
For his dedication to free India from subjugation, Jatin earned the title 'philosopher of revolution', they said at the discussion organised by Bagha Jatin Theater and Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee at Jatin's ancestral homestead at Kaya village in Kumarkhali upazila ofKushtiayesterday.
Discussion, cultural events and drama were arranged on the occasion.
There is no scope to belittle Jatin's dedication for freedom against British rule as its spirit was transmitted to all movements in thesubcon-tinent against misrule and occupation, Shahriar Kabir, writer, columnist and acting president of Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee said in his address as chief guest of
theevent
Historian Dhaka University Professor Dr Muntasir Mamun and Secretary of Institute of Social and Cultural Studies in
India Arindam Mukherjee address the discussion as specialguests.
Jatin's contribution is highly appreciated in India but often ignored in his birthplace, Arindam Mukherjee said.
Terming Bagha Jatin as pioneer of movement against the colonial British Raj in Indian subcontinent, Muntasir Mamun urged taking steps to preserve Jatin's memory and
spread the spirit ofhis movement amongthe people.
Presided over by Abdul Mannan, chairman of Kumarkhali upazila parishad, the occasion was addressed, among otheis, by Kushtia Deputy Commissioner Syed Belal Hossain, and Superintendent of Police ProloyChisim.
Jatin Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, was born at Kaya village in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district in 1879. His father's name was Umeshchandra Mukherjee and mother's nameSharatshashi.
Jatin sacrificed life for the freedom of India.
His popular revolutionary slogan was "Amra morbo, kintu jagbe desh (We will die, but the country will awaken).
The revolutionary died at Baleswar Hospital in India on September 10, 1915, following severe bullet injuries during a gunfight with the police of the then British govern-