Lathi, kamda, khadda, dheel, lathi --- are examples of primitive weapons of man Later British rulers of this country also used heavy booted lathis The Indians had lathis "Akharas" were established in different parts of British India for lathi practice These akharas or gymnasiums taught lathi games Kings and zamindars also had lathis or lathi to seize the worst evils.

The dacoits also had long sticks The lathis were originally made of bamboo grown in Bengal.

The lathis were accompanied by baton-wielding contingents In British India, the names of Ashanandan Mukherjee, Ram Malik, Kanchan Sardar, a disciple of Raghu Dakat, Atul Krishna Ghosh of Howrah, Uluberia-Nathipur, and of course, the revolutionary Pulin Bihari Das, emerged as lathis.

Ashanandan Mukherjee (1745-1835 AD) was a riverine resident Once away on work On his way back, he took shelter in the shed of a house owner That night, the robber entered the house Ashanandan, the lathi-wielding man, could not find the stick in his hand and started to roll the lid on his head.

Seeing this, the robber retreated Ashanandan thus crossed the river outside the robbers'village From then on, Ashanandan Mukherjee became "Ashanandan Dhenki ".

Kanchan Sardar, a disciple of the Bangladeshi bandit Raghu, was a unique lathi-wielding man Atul Krishna Ghosh of Howrah, Uluberia-Natipur, was a worthy disciple of Kanchan Sardar It is known that the tall stick was introduced in the game by this Kanchan Sardar One of the weapons of the Swadeshi movement in British India was the lathi.

Also, the lathi-wielding Pulin Bihari Das is a formidable weapon in the fight against the oppressors In this context, the name of Pulin Bihari Das of Lathi is notable When the people of Calcutta are terrified by the 1926 riots, the Thanthania Kalibari is repeatedly attacked, it is stopped by the revolutionary and lathi-wielding Pulin Bihari Das.

Pulin Bihari Das, a disciple of Western Lathiyal Martaja, built an akhara at the Swamibagh Ashram in Dhaka and taught lathi-playing to many young men there Sarala Devi Choudhury Rani established the "Veerashtami Samiti" at her home in Kolkata She took the initiative to celebrate the Veerashtami vrat in many parts of Bengal.

One of the essential elements of this vrat was the use of the lathi The greatness of the lathi was understood by the literary emperor Bankim Chandra Hence, he wrote, "Bodhusya: Lathoushoudham," The medicine of the fool is the lathi ".

The symbol of the king's royal dharma was the sceptre, which is the name of the stick Kotilya says, "Chaturarnashramo Loko rana danden palitah " The king is the guardian of the kingdom and hence it is his duty to punish Also, the monk has the danda and kamandalu Danda means stick.

Hence, the stick has been, is and will be in the ages.

1) Bengali in Exercise (9th edition): Anil Chandra Ghosh, Presidency Library, Kolkata, 1927 2) Pulin Bihari Das Collection of Works (1st edition): Diptoshil Roy, Nikhilesh Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, August-2015.