Journalist dead

NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Mr.Sailen Chatterjee, journalist, freedom fighter and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, died here today after a brief illness at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital . Chatterjee, 78, is survived by his wife, son, daughter and a number of grand children.

Born on May 21, 1923, Chatterjee would be long remembered for his coverage of Gandhiji's peace mission in Noakhali district of undivided Bengal, where communal frenzy before Independence and partition had created an atmosphere of unprecedented violence. Gandhiji's mission from December 1946 to March 1947 restored the confidence of the people to a large extent. Chatterjee who was only 23 years old then, toured the villages with Gandhiji, on barefoot braving communal attacks.

- PTI

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