11 Facts About Surya Sen

Surya Sen is best known for leading the Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930.

Surya Sen was known for recruiting a group of young and passionate revolutionaries known as the Chittagong group.

Surya Sen was an active participant in the Non-co-operation movement and was later arrested and imprisoned for two years from 1926 to 1928 for his revolutionary activities.

Surya Sen was arrested on 16 February 1933, tried and was hanged on 12 January 1934.

Surya Sen was born on 22 March 1894 in a Bengali Baidya family at Noapara, under Raozan Upazila in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India.

When Surya Sen came to Chittagong in 1918, he started teaching at the local National School, becoming famous with the honorific Master da.

Surya Sen looted the treasury of Assam-Bengal Railway for cash money to fuel the movement, for which he was imprisoned with fellow revolutionary Ambika Chakrabarty for two years.

Surya Sen led a group of revolutionaries on 18 April 1930 to raid the armouries of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong.

Surya Sen stayed in hiding, and kept moving from one place to another.

Surya Sen's relative named Netra Sen lived not far away.

Surya Sen is considered one of the leading revolutionaries in British India, and is a highly respected figure in both Bangladesh and India.