Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
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Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee (1895-1969) was an Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and member of Rajya Sabha.
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Jogesh Chandra became a member of the Anushilan Samiti.He was one of the founder members of Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) (in 1924) that later became Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.[1] He was arrested several times for revolutionary activities. He was tried in the Kakori train robbery case in 1926 and received imprisonment for 10 years.
In 1937, Jogesh Chandra joined Congress Socialist party and on 1940 he formed a new party - Revolutionary Socialist Party of which he was the secretary from 1940 to 1953.He was the Vice-President of All India United Trades Union Congress (the trade union wing of RSP), 1949—53 and United Socialist Organisation, 1949.[2]
After independence, however, he returned to the Congress and became a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in 1956 and remained a member till his death in 1969.[3]