Great lady revolutionary Kalpana Dutt was born on 27 July 1913 at Sripur, district Chittagong (now in Bangladesh . She was the member of Indian republican army led by master da Surjyo Sen. She along with Pritilata Waddedar was given a task to attack the European club in Chittagong. But a week before the attack, she was arrested while carrying out reconnaissance of the area. She went underground after release on bail.
On 17 February 1933 the police encircled their hiding place and master da Surjyo Sen was arrested but Kalpana was able to escape. She was arrested on 19 May 1933. In the second supplementary trial of Chittagong Armory raid case.
Kalpana was sentenced to transportation for life. After her release in 1939, Kalpana graduated from the Calcutta University in 1940 and joined the Communist Party of India. In 1946, she contested in the elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Chittagong but could not win. She died in Calcutta on 8 February 1995.
Long Live Kalpana Dutt! Jai Hind!
In 2010, Deepika Padukone starred as Kalpana Datta, in a Hindi movie, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, which dealt with the Chittagong armoury raidand its aftermath. Another movie, Chittagong, was released on 12 October 2012, based on the uprising. It was produced and directed by Bedabrata Pain, an ex-NASA scientist.
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