Pramod Ranjan Choudhury (1904 – 28 September 1926) was a Bengali revolutionary associated with the

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and later

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’s group in the Indian independence movement. Born in

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, he joined the revolutionary cause in 1920. Arrested in a police raid in 1925 at a

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hideout, he was imprisoned for five years. While in Alipore jail, he and others killed Bhupendranath Chatterjee, a police intelligence officer. Unable to identify the killer, authorities tried all five accused. Pramod Ranjan and Anantahari Mitra were sentenced to death and executed on 28 September 1926 at Alipore Central Jail.

Early life

Pramod Ranjan was born at Kelishahar,

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. His father's name was Ishan Chandra Choudhury.

Revolutionary activities

Choudhury joined the

group at

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. In 1921 he took part in the

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. He was arrested at

for his connections with the Dakshineswar Conspiracy Case and sent to prison. On 28 May 1926 Choudhury and other fellow revolutionary inmates killed Bhupen Chatterjee with an iron rod. Chatterjee was a deputy superintendent of the Police Intelligence Branch who spied on inmates and tried to destroy the mental strength of political prisoners.

Death

The trial of the killers began on 15 June 1926 and a sentence of

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was handed down on 21 June. Choudhury and Anantahari Mitra were hanged on 28 September 1926 in the Alipore Central Jail in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Pramod Ranjan 1904 births 1926 deaths Executed Indian revolutionaries Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Indian nationalism 20th-century executions by British India People executed by British India by hanging People executed for murdering police officers Indian independence activists from Bengal