Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal

Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal (15 July 1913 – 2 June 2007) nicknamed Jambu, was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.

Early life Prabhanshu Sekhar Pal was born in 1913. His father was a doctor and a research scholar. His original ancestral home was in Khanjapur village of Daspur, Ghatal. When he was a child he was sent to his maternal uncle's house at Midnapore where he joined the Bengal Volunteers, a revolutionary organisation of British India. He was a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. On 30 April 1932, Pal and Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya fired on the magistrate while he was presiding over a meeting of the Zilla District Board, now Zilla Parishad Bhavan. Pal escaped but Bhattacharya was caught on the spot with the revolver. Bhattacharya did not give away any names of accomplices in spite of severe torture by the police. After the murders of Magistrates Peddie and Douglas no British officer was ready to take the charge of Midnapore District until Bernard E. J. Burge, another ruthless District Magistrate, was posted to Midnapore. Members of the Bengal Volunteers decided to assassinate him also.

Later life After Pal was released from prison he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1941. For the rest of his life he worked as a homeopathic doctor. He was honoured with a Tamrapatra by the Indian Government in August 1972. Pal died on 2 June 2007.