Benoy Basu

For the Indian boxer, see Benoy Bose (boxer).

Benoy Krishna Basu (Bengali: বিনয় কৃষ্ণ বসু Binôe Boshu), Benoy Basu, or Benoy Bose (11 September 1908 – 13 December 1930) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who launched an attack on the Secretariat Building; the Writers' Building at the Dalhousie square in Kolkata, along with Badal Gupta and Dinesh Chandra Gupta.^[1]

Benoy Basu
Freedom fighter Benoy Krishna Bose
Born	(1908-09-11)11 September 1908 Bikrampur, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India
Died	13 December 1930(1930-12-13) (aged 22) Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Other names	Binoy Bose
Alma mater	Mitford Medical School (now Sir Salimullah Medical College)
Known for	Writers' Building attack

Early life

Basu was born on 11 September 1908, in the village Rohitbhog in the Munshiganj District, then in British India. His father, Rebatimohan Basu was an engineer.^[2]