Speaking at a public function in city’s Bethune College, the chief minister said the students are not taught about the revolutionaries.

“The history, which is taught to the students, has ignored revolutionaries like Pritilalata Waddedar,Kalpna Dutta, Benoy Badal and Dinesh... The youths are only taught about Satryagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and non violence,” said Bhattacharjee after he inaugurated a new building of the college named after Pritilalata Waddedar on the occasion of her birth centenary.

Pritilata, an alumnus of Bethune College, had joined the armed resistance of Masterda Surya Sen and attacked Pahartali European Club, which used to used to display the offensive signboard — “Dogs and Indians Not allowed”. Pointing to the exhibition organised by the college on Pritilalta Waddedar, the chief minister said other colleges in the state should organise similar exhibitions so that youths could become acquainted with the works of these revolutionaries.