1. Kanailal Dutta was an Indian nationalist involved in the Indian Independence Movement belonging to the Jugantar group.
18 Facts About Kanailal Dutta
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Kanailal Dutta was born in Chandan Nagar, West Bengal in a kayasth family.
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Kanailal Dutta's father, Chunilal Dutta, was an accountant in Bombay.
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Kanailal Dutta developed a close connection with the Gondolpara revolutionary group, led by Shrish Chandra Ghosh.
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In 1908, Kanailal Dutta moved to Kolkata and joined the Kolkata based revolutionary group Jugantar.
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Kanailal Dutta was one of these men, who was arrested on 2 May 1908 and detained in Alipore Jail.
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Kanailal Dutta knew all the plans and activities of the revolutionaries.
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Barin Ghosh, Shanti Ghosh and Ullaskar Kanailal Dutta's names were mentioned in attempting to blow up the governor's train at Chandernagore station in 1908; referring to the bomb outrage in the Mayor's house he mentioned the name of Charu Chandra Roy, being the leader of the revolutionary outfit of Chandernagore; and on 24 June he mentioned the names of Aurobindo Ghosh and Subodh Chandra Mallik linking them to revolutionary activities.
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Kanailal Dutta wrote to Shrish Chandra Ghosh to send acid for the purpose of throwing at jail wardens and wax to copy keys.
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Kanailal Dutta expressed his inability to use such a big revolver, and returned it.
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Kanailal Dutta took it, and subsequently got admitted to the jail hospital.
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Kanailal Dutta pursued Narendranath and shot him fatally through the back.
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Kanailal Dutta was then secured by a Eurasian prisoner named Linton.
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Kanailal Dutta offered no defense and was averse to an appeal.
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Sir Prafulla Chandra Roy on a later date commented that Kanailal Dutta taught the Bengalees the proper use of "shall" and "will", pointing to his sense of English grammar.
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The sentence was carried on 10 November 1908, and Kanailal Dutta was hanged till death in the Alipore Jail at about seven in the morning.
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Kanailal Dutta gloried in the deed he had committed and went to his execution without flinching.
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Kanailal Dutta was the second, and Satyendranath Bose was the third.