Manmath Nath Gupta (English: Manmath Nath Gupta, born: 7 February, 1908; died: 26 October, 2000) was a prominent revolutionary and accomplished writer of the Indian freedom struggle. He has written autobiographical, historical and fiction literature in Hindi, English and Bengali. At the age of just 13, he jumped into the freedom struggle and went to jail. Later he also became an active member of the Hindustan Republican Association and at the age of 17, he actively participated in the Kakori incident in 1925.
Revolutionary and writer Manmathanath Gupta was born on 7 February 1908 in Varanasi. His father Vireshwar was the headmaster of a school in Biratnagar (Nepal). That’s why Manmathanath Gupta also got education there for two years. Later he came to Varanasi. The political environment of that time also affected him and in 1921, he was arrested while distributing a notice to boycott the Crown Prince of Britain and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. After being released from jail, he took admission in Kashi Vidyapeeth and passed the Visharad examination from there. Then he came in contact with the revolutionaries and Manmath became a complete revolutionary. He actively participated in the famous Kakori incident of 1925. He was also among the 10 people who stopped the train and looted the treasury of the British government. After this he was arrested, tried and sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment.[1]
Famous revolutionary and accomplished writer Manmathanath Gupta passed away on October 26, 2000.
