Anushilan Samiti (Bengali: অনুশীলন সমিতি "Self-Culture Association", meaning to follow the teachings of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee) was an armed anti-British organisation in Bengal and the principal secret revolutionary organisation operating in the region in the opening years of the 20th century. This association, like its offshoot the Jugantar, operated under the guise of suburban fitness club. The members were committed towards the path of armed revolution for independence of India from British rule. Kolkata and, later, Dhaka were the two major strongholds of the association. However, the group succeeded in penetrating rural Bengal and had branches all over Bengal and also other parts of India.
Its activities included robbery, making of bombs, arms training and assassination of British officials and Indians who they viewed as "traitors".
Read more about Anushilan Samiti: Background, Beginnings, Revolutionary Activities, Alipore Conspiracy Case, Some Notable Jugantar Members, Dhaka Anushilan Samiti, Arrest of Pulin Das, After The First World War, Unification and Failure, Neo-violence or The Revolt Group, Later Years