Kali Nath Roy (1878 – 9 December 1945) was a Bengali nationalist journalist and the Chief Editor of the newspaper '' The Tribune''. His son Samarendra Nath Roy was a mathematician and applied statistician.

Early life

Roy was born in 1878 at

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. While studying F.A. in

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he joined in anti British movement and left college. He started work as sub editor of Bengali Magazine, edited by Surendranath Banerjee.

Career

In 1911 Roy joined 'The Panjabi' magazine as editor thereafter become the editor-in-chief of the Tribune magazine published from

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. He condemned the atrocities of British police and martial law in his column as well as argued for press liberty. Government accused him for publication of seditious writings. Roy was popular for his fearless, brave articles and known as ''Kali Babu''.

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praised Roy's political writings in 1932. Roy and The Tribune publishe
seven allegedly seditious articles from April 3, 1919 through April 11
1919, leading up to the April 13th massacre of the Indians at the hands of the British in the infamous

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. For this Roy was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years along with a fine of one thousand rupees. Lahore based Bengali advocate Sudhir Mukhopadhyay pleaded and defended for him in the Court and people collected money to run the case. Even

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tried personally for his release.

Death

Roy's health declined rapidly in the severe winter of Lahore. He left Lahore on 1 December 1945, caught a chill during the journey and died on 9 December 1945 in Kolkata.

References

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