The Father of Revolution in India; Image Source: Public Domain

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Bengal is known for its precious reserve of Royal Bengal Tigers, a species so rare and majestic, that it attracts the eyes of admirers from far and wide. The rebels of Bengal were no less than these tigers. The strength of British domination in India was shaken by the national rebellion, in which, mostly there were rebels from Bengal. The rebellion isn’t narrowed to fighting or shedding blood. The writings and compositions stretch the demarcations of public view and inspire them in turn. Bengal was blessed with one such writer, journalist, orator and most importantly, a freedom fighter. He was **Bipin Chandra Pal.**

He was born in the Poil village of Habiganj district of the Bengal Presidency. **Ramchandra Pal,** his father was a scholar in Persian, and also a minor landowner. He studied at what is known as St. Paul’s Cathedral College at present, and later joined as an educator there.

After the death of his first wife, he married a widow. This led him to join the **Brahmo Samaj**. As he stepped up, he became a prominent leader in the Indian National Congress. In 1887, Bipin Chandra pal presented a firm request at the Madras session of Indian National Congress about the annulment of the Arms Act. Since the Arms Act was discriminatory in all its sayings, Bipin Chandra Pal voiced against it.

> The most emblazing part of Bipin Chandra Pal’s glorious history was his contribution as the third pillar of the iconic trio, ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’.
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The iconic trio; Image Source: The Better India

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Lal-Bal-Pal was an association of **Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.** It was an assemblage of the three most influential national leaders whom the nation admired and was devoted to.  They represented the rebellion spirits of Punjab, Maharashtra and Bengal. They were the flag bearers of the **Swadeshi Movement**; a movement directed to shun foreign goods, especially those of the British, and encourage the common folks to use indigenous goods during 1907. It was a consequential part of the period of Partition of Bengal (1905).

> Swadeshi meant ‘self-sufficient’. It was an attempt to remind the countrymen of India’s self-reliance, how it was way before India was discovered as a target by the British.
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Sir Aurobindo Ghosh and Bipin Chandra Pal noted that the national movements are circled around Purna Swaraj or complete independence, Swadeshi, and national education. He taught the commoners to promote and engage in the usage of Swadeshi goods to get rid of poverty or unemployment. He wasn’t a believer of Non-Cooperation movement can win against the British power. He considered it to be too mild.

After Lala Lajpat Rai’s dreadful accident, Bipin Chandra Pal spent his last six years completely retiring from Indian National Congress and in seclusion. **In Sir Aurobindo’s words, he was ‘one of the mightiest prophets of nationalism.'** And since he worked to instrument a shield against the social and economic evils, he is considered as the **‘Father of Revolutionary Thoughts in India’.** He advocated for the hike in wages of poor workers, supported the remarriage of the widows and walked against the ferocious caste system.

He implemented his ideas of nationalism in **Bengal Public Opinion, The Tribune, and New India,** where he worked as a journalist. Not only did he publish against the British, he also warned the country about China and other ongoing international turmoil back then.

He was a visionary, with a strong will to fight the evils at all cost.

Bandhyopadhyay, Mukhopadhyay, Chattopadhyay isn't what the treasury of Bengal is filled with. The keyholder during the Partition of Bengal was a Pal.