Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (alternately spelled as Shyam Sundar Chakravarty or Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, 12 July 1869 – 7 September 1932) was an Indian
revolutionary
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,
independence activist
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and journalist from
Bengal
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Pabna
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Etymology
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in
Bengal Presidency
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(currently in
Bangladesh
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). He belonged to the "Pabna Group" of Bengali revolutionaries along with Abinash Chakravarty and Annada Kaviraj. In 1905 he was the sub-editor of the revolutionary journal ''Sandhya''. In 1906, he joined with
Bengali
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nationalist newspaper '' Bande Mataram'' as an assistant to its editor
Sri Aurobindo
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and later became its editor. In 1908, he was deported to Burma. Later he became an adherent of the non violent methods of
Indian National Congress
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and an office bearer of the
Swaraj Party
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. He founded and edited the newspaper ''"The Servant"'' in 1920 to promote the