THE DEFINITIVE, PATRIOTIC BIOGRAPHY OF THE UNYIELDING SCIENTIST WHO GAVE BENGAL’S FREEDOM MOVEMENT ITS FIREPOWER AND SURVIVED A DECADE OF KALAPANI.

In early twentieth-century Bengal, as colonial police used baton charges and public floggings to crush nationalist marches, a young chemistry scholar realized that speeches alone would never dislodge an empire. Expelled from Presidency College for defending Indian dignity against a colonial professor, Ullas Mukherjee chose a path of absolute self-sacrifice.

Joining forces with Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Hemchandra Kanungo, and Upendranath Banerjee under the spiritual guidance of Sri Aurobindo Ghose, Ullas became the technical brain of the Jugantar secret society. Working with volatile acids and mercury detonators without modern laboratory equipment, he built the explosives that struck fear into the heart of the British Raj.

Spanning three dramatic decades of India’s revolutionary movement, The Bomb-Maker of Jugantar reveals:

The Scientific Breakthroughs of the Underground: Step inside the secret laboratory at the Maniktala Garden House, where Ullas pioneered the indigenous synthesis of picric acid and designed custom fragmentation shells.

Stoicism in the Alipore Dock: Experience the high-stakes courtroom battle where Ullas stood alongside Sri Aurobindo, proudly taking full technical responsibility for the bombs to shield his comrades from the gallows.

The Agony and Resilience of Kalapani: Walk through the dark corridors of the Andaman Cellular Jail, where Ullas endured forced labor on the oil mill (kolhu), 18-hour standing handcuffs, and experimental electric shock torture that shattered his physical body but failed to break his spirit.

Uncompromising Post-Independence Integrity: Follow his post-release years as he rejected government pensions, official favors, and political fame, choosing a quiet life of self-reliance and moral purity.

Meticulously researched through British CID archives, trial transcripts, prison records, and personal memoirs, this book brings to life a towering hero whose scientific genius and physical courage changed the course of Indian history.

WHY READ THIS BOOK?
The Untold Saga of India’s Revolutionary Chemist: Uncover the story of the scholar who proved that native scientific brilliance could match the military might of the British Empire.

An Epic of Unrivaled Physical Fortitude: Discover how Vedantic resilience and unconditional patriotism enabled political prisoners to endure the most brutal penal torture of the Raj.

A Masterclass in Ethical Patriotism: Learn about a national icon who gave up his health, his mind, and his youth for his country, asking for nothing in return.

“We were not seeking personal fame or career honors. We used science to break the chains of our motherland, and no prison or electrocution could ever destroy that truth.”

— Ullas Mukherjee (Ullaskar Dutta)