Manoranjan Banerji

Manoranjan Banerjee(1901-1981) was a compatriot of Bhabaniprasad Bhattacharyya and Ravi Banerjee, who tried to assassinate Mr. Anderson at the Darjeeling Racecourse on 8 May 1934, but missed the target. Nothing is known about Manoranjan’s parentage, place of birth, early life, education and his political association.

In 1934, Governor General John Anderson formed village guards with ruffians to track the movement of the local youth that forced the BV members to go underground. They lost their friend Matilal Mallik; hence they decided to eliminate him. But, accessing the governor in Calcutta was difficult after the abortive attempt on his life in the Calcutta University convocation. Hence, they decided to target him during his Darjeeling tour in the month of May.