Digambar Biswas

Digambar Biswas was a local Zamindar and money lender. He was also one of the main leaders of the Blue Rebellion (1859–60) of Bengal. He, along with Bishnu Charan Biswas led the Indigo revolt of 1859, they mobilised exploited peasants against the oppressive Indigo cultivators of the British Raj, eventually resulting in an improvement of the living conditions of the peasants. For this, they are known in the native district of Nadia. He was the paternal grandfather of famous revolutionary and martyr Basanta Kumar Biswas.

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