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Mar 22, 1894 Chittagong, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh Died on 08 Jan 1934 (aged 39)
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About Surya Sen
- Surya Sen, also called Surjya Sen (Bengali: ????? ???, Surjo Sen) (18 October 1893 – 12 January 1934) was a Bengali Indian revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid in Chittagong in British-occupied India (now in Bangladesh).
- Sen was a school teacher by profession and was popularly known as Master Da ("da" is a honorific suffix in Bengali language).
- He was influenced by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student of B.A.
- in Behrampore College.
- In 1918, he was selected as president of the Indian National Congress's Chittagong branch.Surya Sen was known for recruiting a group of young and passionate revolutionaries known as the Chittagong group including Anant Singh, Ganesh Ghosh and Lokenath Baul, who fought against the British stationed in Chittagong.He was an active participant in the Non-cooperation movement and was later arrested and imprisoned for 2 years from 1926 to 1928 for his revolutionary activities.
- A brilliant and inspirational organizer, Sen was fond of saying "Humanism is a special virtue of the revolutionary." After the Chittagong raid in 1930 and a fierce battle where over 80 British troops and 12 revolutionaries were killed, Sen and other surviving revolutionaries dispersed into small groups and hid in neighbouring villages, launching raids on government personnel and property.
- Sen was arrested on 16 April 1933, tried and was hanged on the 12 January 1934.
- Many of his fellow revolutionaries were also caught and sentenced to long periods of imprisonment.
