Surja Sen
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Master da Surya Sen |
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Sen
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| Native name | সূর্য সেন |
| Born |
Surya kumar Sen 22 March 1894 Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 12 January 1934 (aged 39) Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | India |
| Organization | Indian National Congress Anushilan Samiti |
| Known for | Chittagong armoury raid |
| Movement | Indian Independence movement |
Surya Sen (22 March 1894 – 12 January 1934) was an Indian independence activist who was influential in the Indian independence movement (against British rule) who is noted for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid In Chittagong of Bengal in British India (now in Bangladesh). Sen was a school teacher by profession and was popularly called 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 Indian National Congress, Chittagong branch.. He was known for his brilliant actions and effort in Indian history by taking young teenagaers and turning them into revolutionaries against the British stationed in Chittagong with this bold step of recuriting in teenagers then fought against the British Cantonment and in the mountainous regions of Chittagong like Jalalabad hills, but then separated and went their separate ways still trying to get the British out of Chittagong, various attempts were successful in the beginning but many failed as well and many revolutionaries were arrested which broke movement.
Sen was born on 22 March 1894 at Noapara, under Raozan Upazila in Chittagong. His father Ramaniranjan Sen was a teacher. In 1916 when he was a B.A. student in Berhampore College he learned about Indian freedom movement from one of his teachers. He felt attracted towards revolutionary ideals and joined a revolutionary organization Anushilan Samity. After completing his studies he returned to Chittagong in 1918 and joined as a Mathematics teacher at National school, Nandankanan . At that time, Indian National Congress was the most prominent political party there.
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