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Kalpana Datta

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Anti-colonial revolutionary

Kalpana Datta was a leading woman in the Chittagong revolutionary movement.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Biography

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Context

In the context of Revolutionary anti-colonial politics in Chittagong during the late 1920s and early 1930s., Kalpana Datta is recognized as Anti-colonial revolutionary. Kalpana Datta was a leading woman in the Chittagong revolutionary movement.

Contribution

Kalpana Datta joined the Chittagong revolutionary movement, helped plan resistance, and was sentenced after the 1930 armoury raid campaign.

Impact

Her career highlights women's participation in armed revolutionary networks and the costs of colonial prosecution.

Timeline Placement

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Kalpana Datta appears in 2 linked timeline events, spanning 1905 - 1930.

First Appearance

1905

Latest Appearance

1930

Active Span

1905 - 1930

Linked Events

Legacy Summary

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Her career highlights women's participation in armed revolutionary networks and the costs of colonial prosecution. This influence is reflected across 2 connected events.

References

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Key sources for understanding this figure

A Case Study of Swadeshi Bengal

A classic study for the local dynamics of the Swadeshi upsurge and the way nationalist thought crystallized in Bengal.

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A History of Bangladesh

A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.

Cited in: 1 events

Amar Dekha Rajnitir Panchash Bochor

Abul Mansur Ahmad's political memoir spans anti-British politics, the Pakistan period, and the emergence of Bangladesh.

Cited in: 1 events

And Swadeshi Movement in Bengal (1905)

Useful for trade, industry, agriculture, boycott politics, and the economic reach of the Swadeshi upsurge.

Cited in: 1 events

Begum Rokeya

Banglapedia profile for Begum Rokeya; her reformist writings and feminist imagination are central to Bengali Muslim modernity.

Cited in: 1 events

Bengali Muslim Literati and the Development of Muslim Community in Bengal

A research monograph on Bengali Muslim intellectual growth and community formation under colonial rule.

Cited in: 1 events

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Related Events

1905

Partition of Bengal

1930

Chittagong Armoury Raid

Related Places

Bengal Region

Chittagong / Chattogram

Appears In Events

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Timeline View

1905

Partition of Bengal

In 1905, the British colonial government partitioned Bengal and created the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam with Dacca as its capital. Officials defended the move as administrative reform, but many critics treated it as a divide-and-rule intervention that weakened Bengali political influence. The measure triggered boycott campaigns, Swadeshi activism, new cultural forms of protest, and differentiated Hindu and Muslim political responses across Bengal.

1930

Chittagong Armoury Raid

On 18 April 1930, revolutionaries led by Surya Sen carried out coordinated attacks on British armouries and communication points in Chittagong. Though the uprising could not sustain territorial control, it became one of the most iconic militant anti-colonial episodes in Bengal and influenced political memory across generations.