Unsung Hero: Jatindra Nath Das Made Bombs For Bhagat Singh And Fasted Till His Last Breath

It took a protracted battle for India to gain freedom. Its heroes, who are commemorated in history books by names like Bhagat Singh, Azad, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Mahatma Gandhi, and Subhash Chandra Bose, arose from this movement.

Some names, however, vanished into the obscurity of time and space. A lot of people have never even heard of him, far from the tales of his involvement in the war for freedom.

Jatindra Nath Das, a heroic freedom warrior who manufactured bombs for Bhagat Singh and fasted for 63 days in prison, who remained an unsung hero. He accepted death but he refused to submit to British power.

Historians claim that Jatindra Nath Das was a good mate of prominent revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh.

Additionally, he was very close to Subhash Chandra Bose. While serving in the Congress in Kolkata in 1928, Jatindra collaborated with Netaji to develop the party.

Das was born in 1904 in a household in Calcutta. He earned a First Division passing grade on both his intermediate and matriculation exams.

In 1921, when he was 17 years old, he joined the Anushilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation in Bengal, and took part in Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation struggle.

Gandhi founded the non-cooperation movement while Jatindra joined the liberation movement, for which the British government imprisoned him.

In protest at the jail’s management, he continued to fast. The jail superintendent was obliged to prostrate himself before them after a 20-day fast.

He offered an apology to them after realising their rising influence and was let go after. Bhagat Singh intended to overthrow the British Empire.

Jatindranath Das, who was invited to Agra to construct explosives, was the man he chose to carry out his plan to make bombs in the legislature and toss them at the deaf government.

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt utilised the device he built in the 1929 assembly bomb case. Jatindra was detained and taken to the Lahore prison on June 14, 1929.

He had voiced his displeasure over the jail’s cruel treatment of the inmates, and took strict fasting against it. Although the British authorities tried to force him to break his fast, they were unable to.

During the fast, his health was getting worse. The jail administration came up with a strategy in such a case. They dosed up their drink with tablets in order for his body to receive some nutrition.

Jatindra, however, gave up water when he learned about this. His condition started deteriorating after that. Despite requests from jail staff to break the fast, Das refused to eat even a single grain until his demands were granted.

On September 13, 1929, Lahore was in mourning. In the Central Jail, there was silence. Having admitted to dying, a 25-year-old man did not bow down.

Almost all of the nation’s leaders paid their respects. In an act of defiance, Mohammad Alam and Gopi Chand Bhargava left the Punjab Legislative Council.

As a protest against the inhumane treatment of the Lahore prisoners, Motilal Nehru recommended that the Central Assembly be suspended. By 55 votes to 47, the censure resolution was approved.

As Jawaharlal Nehru said, “Another name has been added to the long and glorious roll of Indian martyrs. Let us bow our heads and pray for strength to continue the struggle, whatever the consequences, until victory is ours.

In reference to the well-known mythological yogi Dadhichi who gave his life to slay a demon, Bose referred to Das as the “young Dadhichi of India.”