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Amal Kumar Sarkar (1932-1991): Amal Kumar Sarkar (Bengali: অমল কুমার সরকার) was born on 26 February 1932 in Kushtia, East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) in a Bengali Family to Atindra Kumar Sarkar and Raj Lakshmi Devi. From the early stage of life he fought as a freedom fighter against the British rule. He was educated in Bangladesh. In the early of 1945, the whole family shifted to British India's Bengal Part (Now called West Bengal, India) at a remote village Joyrampur, Karimpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India which lies towards the extreme of the end of the Nadia District lying near to the Indo-Bangladesh Border. Later he was married to Sushama Rani Sarkar. In his lifetime he served the nation in multiple ways. He was a renowned Freedom Fighter, the Post Master of Joyrampur Post office of Nadia District, West Bengal, the Head Constable of the West Bengal Home Guards under Karimpur Police Station, Nadia, the Head Teacher of Jyotirmoy Smriti Vidyapith under Karimpur Circle of Nadia District Primary School Council. He had contested elections at Panchayat level from the Congress Party and was also elected as the Upa-Prodhan of Hare Krishnapur Gram Panchayat under Karimpur-1 Development Block of Nadia District. Nadia is an agricultural district. So, thinking of the farmers, agriculturist and to place the demands and request before the concerned higher authorities of the country, Amal Kumar Sarkar brought out a Bengali Weekly Agricultural Newspaper publication styled as "CHASI BHAI", acting as the Editor, Owner, Publisher and Printer of CHASI BHAI from the extreme end part of Nadia District of West Bengal which was the then registered before The Registrar of Newspaper of India, New Delhi in 1976. This newspaper is still running as per his directives and principles followed by his 3rd son, Ajoy Kumar Sarkar. He was a well known social reformer and in 1985 he formed Karimpur Social Welfare Society a N.G.O. registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act-XXVI of 1961, running different welfare programmes for the backward section and poor people of the society where he was elected as the Secretary of this N.G.O. This N.G.O. has been running Old Age Home, Children's Destitute Orphanage Home, Short Stay Home for Girls, Shelter and Observation Home under Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection), Special School for the Handicapped People, and many social welfare projects. This N.G.O. is now been run by Ashok Kumar Sarkar, his 2nd Son. Later in 1991, an unknown disease (Now called Brain Cancer) affected him seriously and was undergoing treatment at Calcutta (Now Kolkata). He was sent back home but suddenly again his health was detoriated and was rushed to Berhampur Hospital, Murshidabad, West Bengal where he passed away on 04th September, 1991. As his dead body found its way across Karimpur to Gorabazar and finally to the Gorabazar Burning Ghat, the road came to a halt as thousands flocked the road to pay their respects and have a last glimpse of the legend.