Bengali Association of Greater Atlanta

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Freedom Fighters


In Indian independence movement, the contributions of people of Bengali origin is undeniable and significant - some of them (such as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Shri Aurobindo, Kazi Nazrul Islam etc. are famous for their contributions to other areas too). Here is a partial list of some of the major contributors to that cause.

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Khudiram Bose

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Barindra Kumar Ghose

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Ramprasad Sen

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Mukunda Das (also known as "Charan Kabi")

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Manmath Nath Gupta

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Bhupendra Kumar Datta

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Rabindranath Tagore

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Bhupendra Nath Datta

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Surendranath Banerjee

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Woomesh Chandra Bannerjee

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Jatindra Nath Das

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Bagha Jatin (Jatindra Nath Mukhopadyay)

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Swami Vivekananda

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Rajendra Nath Lahiri

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Surya Sen (Masterda)

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Pritilata Waddedar

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Ananta Singha

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Ganesh Ghosh

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Chittaranjan Das

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Lokenath Bal

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Sri Aurobindo (Arabinda Ghosh)

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Rash Behari Bose

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Benoy Bose

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Badal Gupta

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Dinesh Gupta

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Matangini Hazra

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Kanaklata Barua

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Subhas Chandra Bose

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Aruna Asaf Ali

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Sarojini Naidu

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Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Shyamaprasad Mukherjee

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