Batukeshwar Dutt Short Essay in English

Batukeshwar Dutt, a great revolutionary leader and freedom fighter, was born on November 18, 1910 AD in Burdwan district in Bengal. He was popular with names ‘Mohan’ and ‘Battu’ among his friends and comrades. He was very disappointed with the miserable conditions of his fellow countrymen under the cruel colonial rule of the British and had a deep desire to do something for his country.

Batukeshwar Dutt met Sardar Bhagat Singh in 1924 in Kanpur and soon joined the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). Now he started efforts to uproot the British rule in a more organized way. Soon he became a leading figure of the HSRA and a trusted partner of Sardar Bhagat Singh and Chandrasekhar Azad. He also learnt the art of making bombs just to maximize the terror in the British ranks.

Batukeshwar Dutt took part in many revolutionary activities of the HSRA against the British but he is widely known for exploding bombs along with Bhagat Singh in the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the empty space of the assembly as they wanted to make a deaf government hear the plight and misery of people, not hurt anyone by the bombs. The bomb's action was an attempt to draw government’s attention towards many unpopular and unjust bills like the Public Safety Bill. The revolutionary duo shouted slogans against the oppressive British government and got themselves arrested instead of fleeing from the spot after the action of the bomb.

Batukeshwar Dutt was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman. He continued his fight against the British even in the jail as he launched a hunger strike against the inhuman treatment to the Indian political prisoners there. He succeeded in securing some rights and respect for Indian political prisoners.

He actively participated in the Quit India movement and was sent to jail again. In brief, he made relentless efforts to purge his country of British rule throughout his life. Batukeshwar Dutt was one of those freedom fighters who witnessed the historic dawn of India’s freedom on August 15, 1947 AD. He passed away on January 20, 1965 in Delhi.