Nepal Nag

Nepal Nag
নেপাল নাগ
Born	Sailesh Chandra Nag (1909-09-19)September 19, 1909 Tejgaon, Dhaka, British India, (present Bangladesh)
Died	October 4, 1978(1978-10-04) (aged 69) Kolkata, India
Occupation	Politician
Notable work	ঢাকা জিলার কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির ইতিহাস ও অমর লেনিন
Political party	Communist Party of India, Communist Party of Bangladesh
Movement	Indian independence movement

Nepal Nag (September 19, 1909 – October 4, 1978) was a Bengali politician, activist and a leader of Communist Party. He was involved in Indian independence movement and Bengali language movement.^[1]

Biography

Nag was born on 19 September 1909 in Tejgaon, Dhaka. His father's name is Suresh Chandra Nag. In 1923, he joined 'Srisangha' directed by Leela Nag.^[2][3]

He was arrested by the police on April 21, 1932. While in Deuli prison, he was introduced to the communist ideology by the Marxist poet and veteran revolutionary Rebati Varman. After his release, he became a member of the then Communist Party of India.^[4][5]

He represented the East Pakistan Provincial Communist Party at the 1970 World Communist Conference in Moscow. He also represented the Communist Party of East Pakistan at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of Russia in 1971.^[6]

Nag retired from politics in 1982. He died on October 4, 1978 in Kolkata, aged 69.^[7]

Awards

• Friends of liberation war award 2012 (Bangladesh).^[8]

References

1. "নেপালচন্দ্ৰ নাগ". ebanglalibrary.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
2. Sengupta, Subodh; Bose, Anjali, eds. (2013). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (in Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Samsad. pp. 379–380. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
3. Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul, eds. (1997). Bangla Academy Charitabhidhan (in Bengali). Dhaka: Bangla Academy. pp. 218–219. ISBN 984-07-4354-6.
4. Talukdar, Monir (December 20, 2020). "বিপ্লবের স্থপতি নেপাল নাগ". Weekly Ekota (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
5. Rofique, Sheikh. বিপ্লবী নেপাল নাগ : স্মৃতিকথা. Dhaka: Biplobider Kotha. ISBN 9789849188704.
6. Schendel, W. van (2014). From Dhaka with love: the Nepal Nag papers and the Sino-Soviet split. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 426–433. ISBN 9789089646880.
7. Selim, Mujahidul Islam (October 6, 2020). "বিপ্লবী নেপাল নাগ". Daily Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-12-26.
8. "মুক্তিযুদ্ধে অবদান রাখা যেসব বিদেশী সংগঠন ও নাগরিককে সম্মাননা দেয়া হয়েছে তাঁদের তালিকা" (PDF). Ministry of Liberation War Affairs. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-12-26.