Bengal Volunteers Corps was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule of

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. The group was functional from its inception in 1928 to the Indian independence.

The beginning

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organised a group of volunteers during the 1928

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session of

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. The group was named Bengal Volunteers Corps and was under the leadership of major Satya Gupta. Subhas Chandra Bose himself was the

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. After the

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session of the Congress was over, the Bengal Volunteers continued its activities, under the guidance of Gupta, and was turned into an active revolutionary association.

Activities

The Bengal Volunteers decided to launch 'Operation Freedom' in the early 1930s, primarily to protest against the police repression in different jails in Bengal.

Citations

References

* * * * * * * {{Indian Revolutionary Movement Bengal Presidency Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Subhas Chandra Bose