Satish Chandra Pakrashi

A great revolutionary, who spent thirty-two years’ in British prison and eleven years in the underground, Satishchandra (1893-1973), son of Jagadishchandra Pakrashi, was born in Madhavdihi village of Dhaka. He was a student of class seven when his senior Trailokyanath Chakrabarty of the same school took him to Anushilan Samiti established in the nearby Satirpara village, where they began to assemble regularly for physical exercise with lathi, knife and drills. P. Mitra told the youth that picketing against foreign goods cannot get you freedom, which can be achieved only by violent revolt; hence organize yourself into groups.

In 1911, he passed the matriculation examination and in the same year suffered a rigorous imprisonment for one year under the arms act. Released in 1912, he left his home and settled in Dhaka; and in 1917 shifted to Gauhati center with Nalini Bagchi and other associates. On 12 January 1918, when the police attacked the center, Satish and Nalinikanta in a daredevil attack and escaped to Nabagraha hill; valiantly defended their position; and in the night left for Calcutta on foot.