Bhupendranath Datta

Who was Bhupendranath Datta?

Bhupendranath Datta was an Indian revolutionary and later a noted sociologist. In his youth, he was closely associated with the Jugantar movement, serving as the editor of Jugantar Patrika till his arrest and imprisonment in 1907. In his later revolutionary career, he was privy to the Indo-German Conspiracy. His elder brother was Swami Vivekananda. The Asiatic Society today holds the Dr. Bhupendranath Datta memorial lecture in his honour.

Datta was a writer too. He wrote several books on Indian culture and society. In his book Swami Vivekananda, Patriot-prophet he presented the socialist views of Swami Vivekananda.