Bipin Chandra Pal was born in 1858 in Sylhet and did his graduation from Presidency College. During his student days in Calcutta, Pal came in several social reformers and intellectuals like Keshab Chandra Sen, Shivnath Shastri and Krishna Goswami. They played a significant role in shaping the social and political outlook of Pal.
Bipin joined the Brahmo Samaj and advocated the equality of male and female. He championed the cause of Indian education and put greater emphasis on female education.
Bipin Chandra Pal was inspired and encouraged to join congress by Surendranath Banerjea and Aurobindo Ghosh. He got influenced by the ideas of Tilak and Lajpat and became one of the most important radical nationalist. He started a weekly joural the New India and preached the ideals of swaraj. He was an exponent of composite patriotism which according to him was most suitable for a country like India.
Bipin Pal actively participated in the Swadeshi movement, which started after the partition of Bengal in 1905. He started a daily newspaper called ‘Bande Matram’ and tried to organize mass movement.
In 1911 after staying in England for three years, he came back to India and actively involved in the freedom struggle. He also presided over the Bengal Provincial Conference held at Barisal. However he was very critical of Gandhi’s idea of associating the Non-cooperation Movement with the Khilafat Movement. He finally retired from active politics in 1925 and died in 1932.
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