Srish Pal (approx. 1887 – 13 April 1939) was a

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revolutionary, born in Mulbarga,

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. His full name was Shrish Chandra Pal. He was attracted to revolutionary politics in 1905 with the guidance of Hemchandra Ghosh. He joined the Dhaka-based ''Mukti Sangha'' (later known as

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). Pal was a follower of Netaji

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Nandalal murder

After the arrest and death of

Prafulla Chaki Prafulla Chandra Chaki ( bn, প্রফুল্ল চাকী, ''Prafulla Chaki'' alias Dinesh Chandra Roy) (10 December 1888 – 1 May 1908) was an Indian revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried ...

, the senior revolutionary leaders decided to assassinate Nandalal Banerjee, the infamous police inspector responsible for Prafulla's arrest. Pal, along with Ranen Ganguly, a member of Atmonnati Samiti, succeed in the mission. They killed Nandalal on November 9, 1908, in Serpentine Lane,

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and fled.

Rodda arms robbery

Shrish Pal took active participation in the

Rodda company arms heist The Rodda company arms heist took place on 26 August 1914 in Calcutta, British India. Members of the ''Jugantar'' faction of the Bengali revolutionary organisation ''Anushilan Samiti'' intercepted a shipment of Mauser Pistols and ammunition belon ...

case. On 26 August 1914, a group of Bengali revolutionaries stole many

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s and cartridges from the

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Dock area. The whole operation was led by

Shrish Chandra Mitra Srish Chandra Mitra (death: 1915) or Habu was a Bengalis, Bengali revolutionary and active member of Indian independence movement. Revolutionary activities Mitra was born in Raspur village, Amta, Howrah district. He was popularly known as Habu Mit ...

, alias ''Habu''. Pal, Khagendra Nath Das, and

Haridas Dutta Haridas Dutta (16 November 1890 — 29 February 1976) was a Bengali revolutionary involved with Rodda company arms heist case. Early life Dutta was born in 1890 in Dhaka, British India. He came in contact with senior Bengali revolutionary Hemcha ...

kept the arms safe place in a hilarious way. Finally, the police arrested Shrish Pal in 1916 but could not prove his involvement in the Nandalal murder case. He was released from jail in 1919 due to severe illness.

Death

Shrish Pal died on 13 April 1939.

References

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