Surya Sen

Freedom Fighter, Politician

British Indian Noapara village, Raojan, Chittagong

Quick Info

ProfessionFreedom Fighter, Politician
NationalityBritish Indian
Date of Birth22/03/1894
Age39 years (died on 12, Jan, 1934)
BirthplaceNoapara village, Raojan, Chittagong
Date of Death12/01/1934

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameSurya Kumar Sen
Other NameSurjya Sen, Surya Sen
NicknameMasterda

Physical Stats & More

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

School(s)
  • Dayamoy Primary School
  • Noapara Higher English School
College/UniversityBerhampore College (now Krishnath College) at Murshidabad
Educational QualificationBachelors in Arts

Personal Life

Place of DeathChittagong Jail, Chittagong, Bengal Presidency (Now in Bangladesh)
Death CauseExecution by hanging

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Year1919
Affairs/GirlfriendsNot Known

Family

WifePoshpo Kontola Dutta
Parents
FatherRajmoni Sen (Teacher)
MotherShila Bala Devi
SiblingsHe had five siblings.

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Surya Sen orchestrated the Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930.
2. He founded the Indian Republican Army (IRA) revolutionary organization.
3. Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by his uncle.
4. In 1918, Surya Sen became a member of the Anushilan Samity revolutionary group.
5. He actively took part in Mahatma Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement.
6. Surya Sen and his comrades carried out the Chittagong armoury raid.
7. He was arrested, tortured, and later executed by hanging in 1934.
8. Known as Master Da, Surya Sen had a nickname.
9. A Kolkata metro station is dedicated to his memory.
10. He was arrested on 16 February 1933 while hiding in the house of Khirodprova Biswas.
11. In 1918, he became president of the Indian National Congress's Chittagong branch.
12. He taught at the local National School in Chittagong, earning the honorific Masterda.
13. In 1916, as an undergraduate student, he was initiated into revolutionary ideas and joined the Anushilan Samiti.
14. In 1918, he completed his studies and started working as a maths teacher at Chittagong.
15. After the raid, he fled to Jalalabad Hills where government forces engaged the revolutionaries in a gun battle on 22 April 1930.
16. He was brutally tortured by the police before being executed by hanging in 1934.
17. He established a gymnasium in Chittagong to train revolutionaries in physical exercises, arms making, and ammunition production.
18. Indian and Bangladeshi governments have released postage stamps in his honour.
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