Dinesh Chandra Majumder was born in 1898 in Paikpara, Bikrampur, Dacca. His parents were Labanyamoyee and Jogesh Chandra Majumder. He completed his Matriculation in 1914 from the Dacca National School. During his school days, the courageous patriot Dinesh Chandra joined the Anushilan Samiti in Dacca.
Dinesh also participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement and constantly changed his hideout in British controlled Bengal to organize revolutionary activities in order to evade capture. In 1926, he was suspected by the Cooch Behar State police and subsequently caught by the Jalpaiguri police. After a lengthy interrogation, he was ordered to leave the district immediately.
In 1930, he was again arrested in Jalpaiguri and sentenced to 11 months of imprisonment. In protest against ill-treatment, he embarked on a hunger strike for 12 days. As a result, he was transferred to the Berhampur Special Jail, where he endured merciless torture. After his release in 1931, the Deputy Commissioner served him a notice to leave Jalpaiguri immediately. In 1932, he was arrested in Dacca in connection with the murder case of Castells (Divisional Commissioner, Dacca) and Bourneo (Sergeant-Inspector, Dacca), the attempted murder case of Durno (District Magistrate, Dacca), and the political dacoity case of Bangla bazar (Dacca). The British police made every effort to convict him for capital punishment, but he narrowly escaped the gallows and received a sentence of four years of rigorous imprisonment. In 1936, he was arrested by the Calcutta police in connection with the Inter-Provincial Case (P.C. -III) and deported to the Andaman Cellular Jail.
Later, he resided at 12, Justice Dwarkanath Road. Sarat Chandra Bose, Netaji's elder brother, invited Majumder to participate in the morning procession celebrating the first Indian Independence Day on 15 August 1947. Dinesh Chandra Majumder from Dacca was honoured with the Tamra Patra by the Government of India in recognition of his sacrifices and contributions to the Freedom Struggle on 15 August 1972.
Dinesh Chandra passed away on 4 June 1978 at NRS Hospital in Calcutta.
Copper Plate awarded by the Government of India in 1972
Source: Samir Jana, Contributor for CCRT