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Sachindra Chandra Pal (1942 - 19 May 1961) was an Indian student who took part in the
Bengali Language Movement The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government ...
in
Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...
. He was killed on 19 May 1961. Sachindra Paul Road in Silchar is named in his memory.


Early life

Sachindra Chandra Pal was born in a
Bengali Kayastha Bengali Kayastha is a Bengali Hindu caste that originated from the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent, and is one of the main subgroups of the Kayastha community. The historical caste occupation of Kayasthas throughout India has been that of ...
family, in the village of Madanpur, under Nabiganj police station in the Habiganj sub-division of the undivided
Sylhet district Sylhet District (), located in north-east Bangladesh, is one of the four districts in Sylhet Division, which contains Sylhet, the regional capital. History Sylhet District was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Benga ...
in 1942, to Gopesh Chandra Pal. He was the second son among six sons and one daughter. During the Partition, their family migrated to
Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...
and settled in the town. Sachindra attended Cachar High School in Silchar and appeared for the secondary examinations in 1961.


Martyrdom

The day after the matriculation exams, a ''
satyagraha Satyāgraha (from ; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is ...
'' was organized at the Tarapur railway station in Silchar demanding
Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
as the medium of education. Sachindra joined the ''satyagraha''. The rail blockade programme passed peacefully in the morning. In the afternoon at around 2:30 PM, a truck carrying arrested ''satyagrahis'' were passing by, when suddenly it was set on fire. When the ''satyagrahis'' protested, the military personnel posted at the site started firing indiscriminately, killing Sachindra.


See also

* Kamala Bhattacharya *
Birendra Sutradhar The Bengali Language Movement of Barak Valley was a period of protests that began in 1960 against the decision of the Government of Assam to make Assamese language, Assamese the state's sole official language, even though most Barak Valley residen ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pal, Sachindra Chandra 1942 births 1961 deaths People from Nabiganj Upazila People from Cachar district Martyrs Bengali Hindus Bengali Language Movement of Assam activists