Person · Jugantar revolutionary leader
Bagha Jatin
Also known as Jatindranath Mukherjee, Bagha Jatin
Jatindranath Mukherjee (7 December 1879 - 10 September 1915), called 'Bagha Jatin' ('Tiger Jatin') after killing a Royal Bengal tiger with a dagger in 1906 to save a village. The Jugantar party leader who organised the 1915 Hindu-German Conspiracy — the attempt to smuggle German arms into India during World War I to spark a Bengal uprising. Born at Kayagram in Kushtia district (modern Bangladesh), Bagha Jatin coordinated with Taraknath Das's Ghadar Party in California and Rash Behari Bose's Benares network. The planned shipment of arms by the SS Maverick from Java to Balasore failed; British forces killed him in the Battle of Balasore on 9 September 1915. He died at Balasore hospital on 10 September 1915.
- Date
- 1879–1915
- Function
- Social reform & movement
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Court associationRash Behari Bose
Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath Mukherjee) and Rash Behari Bose were the two chief leaders of the 1915 Hindu-German Conspiracy that attempted to smuggle German arms into India during World War I to spark a Bengal uprising. Bagha Jatin died at the Balasore battle on 10 September 1915; Rash Behari Bose escaped to Japan in 1915 and continued the independence work until founding the INA in 1942.
Sources
Standard biography; regional historiography.
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