Harendranath Munshi
Harendranath Munshi was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter involved in the Indian independence movement during 1930s.
Background
Munshi was born in 1914. He was a member of the extended Munshi family of Kadirpara and Chougachi of erstwhile Jessore in British India.Revolutionary activities
As a revolutionary, Munshi was active in ample revolutionary activities. In 1934, he was sentenced to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment in the inter-provincial conspiracy case and he was first transferred to Diamond Harbour and later to Dhaka Central Jail. In the Dhaka Central Jail he started fatal hunger strike since 21 January, 1938, to exhibit his protest against inhuman treatments with the political prisoners and their classification as criminals.Death
As a result of his fatal hunger strike, Munshi was courted the martyrdom on 30 January in 1938 during a brutal force feeding process. After his martyrdom, The West Australian covered the news under the title "Young Man's Determined Protest".According to the news, he was 24 when he attained martyrdom.