Bhupendranath Datta

Bhupendranath Datta was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist. In his youth, he was closely associated with the Jugantar movement, serving as the editor of Jugantar Patrika till his arrest and imprisonment in 1907. In his later revolutionary career, he was privy to the IndoGerman Conspiracy. His elder brother was Swami Vivekananda. The Asiatic Society today holds the Dr. Bhupendranath Datta memorial lecture in his honour.

Datta was born onSeptember 1880 in Kolkata . His parents were Vishwanath Datta and Bhuvaneshwari Datta. He had two elder brothers Narendranath Datta and Mahendranath Datta. Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court and Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a housewife. Datta was enrolled in Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagars Metropolitan Institution from where he passed entrance examination. In his youth, he joined Brahmo Samaj led by Keshub Chandra Sen and Debendranath Tagore. Here he met Sivanath Sastri who deeply influenced him. Dattas religious and social beliefs were shaped by Brahmo Samaj which included belief in a casteless society, in a single God and revolts against superstitions.

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