Ananta Singh was a Bengali revolutionary associated with the Indian independence movement. He is remembered as one of the participants in the armed revolutionary activities organised in Bengal during the colonial period.
| Name | Ananta Singh |
|---|---|
| Known for | Bengali revolutionary, Indian independence movement |
| Region | Bengal, British India |
Ananta Singh belonged to the generation of Bengali revolutionaries who took up organised resistance against British colonial rule in the early twentieth century. Bengal during this period was a major centre of revolutionary nationalism, with several secret societies and groups carrying out armed actions against colonial authorities.
As a participant in the revolutionary current of Bengal, Ananta Singh forms part of the broader history of armed resistance to British rule, a tradition that ran parallel to the mainstream constitutional and non-violent strands of the Indian freedom struggle.