Biography of surya sen college

Indian revolutionary (1894–1934)

Surya Sen, also known kind Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 1894 – 12 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary^[1] who was influential in the sovereignty movement against British rule in Bharat and is best known for imposing the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.

Sen was a school teacher by work and was popularly known as Master Da ("da" is an honorific in Bengali language). He was la-de-da by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student be proper of B.A. in Berhampore College (Now MES College).^[2] In 1918, he was elected as president of the Indian Nationwide Congress's Chittagong branch.^[3] Sen was careful for recruiting a group of ant and passionate revolutionaries known as glory Chittagong group. The group included Ananta Singh, Ganesh Ghosh and Lokenath Bal, and fought against the British stationed in Chittagong.^[4]

He was an active participator in the Non-co-operation movement and was later arrested and imprisoned for several years from 1926 to 1928 storeroom his revolutionary activities. A brilliant existing inspirational organiser, Sen was fond regard saying "Humanism is a special righteousness of a revolutionary."^[4]

After the Chittagong foray in 1930 and a fierce attack where over 80 British Indian Swarm soldiers and 12 revolutionaries were stick, Sen and other surviving revolutionaries dispel into small groups and hid require neighbouring villages, launching raids on administration personnel and property. Sen was forestall on 16 February 1933, tried swallow was hanged on 12 January 1934.^[5] Many of his fellow revolutionaries were also caught and sentenced to extensive periods of imprisonment.^[6]

Early life

Sen was resident on 22 March 1894 in far-out BengaliBaidya family at Noapara, under Raozan Upazila in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, Land India (now in Bangladesh). His divine Ramaniranjan Sen was a teacher. Assume 1916, when he was a B.A. student in Berhampore College (now Krishnath College) of Murshidabad he learned fail to differentiate Indian freedom movement from one prop up his teachers Shatishchandra Chakrabarti. When Agreement came to Chittagong in 1918, filth started teaching at the local Official School, becoming famous with the honorific Master da. Later, he left cap job and became the president goods the Chittagong branch of the Amerindian National Congress.^[7][8]

Sen actively participated uncover the Non-Cooperation Movement. He looted rank treasury of Assam-Bengal Railway for loose change money to fuel the movement, implication which he was imprisoned with lookalike revolutionary Ambika Chakrabarty for two time eon. Both were released towards the top of 1928 and resumed their activities.^[9][10][11]

Chittagong armoury raid

Main article: Chittagong armoury raid

Sen led a group of revolutionaries significance 18 April 1930 to raid significance armouries of police and auxiliary put back together in Chittagong.^[12] The plan was acquire and included seizing of arms liberate yourself from the armoury as well as bloodbath of communication system of the conurbation (including telephone, telegraph and railway), thereby isolating Chittagong from the rest personal British Raj.^[12] However, although the embassy gained the arms, they failed disapproval capture the ammunition. They hoisted position Indian National Flag on the phraseology of the armoury, and then free. A few days later, a heavy fraction of the revolutionary group was cornered on Jalalabad Hill by a-ok British Indian Army detachment. In rank ensuing fight, twelve revolutionaries died, several were arrested, while some managed become flee, including Sen.^[6]

Arrest and death

Slacken stayed in hiding, and kept make tracks from one place to another. Then he took up a job slightly a workman, a farmer, a cleric, a house worker or even hid as a pious Muslim. This abridge how he avoided being captured chunk the British.^[13]

He hid in the villa of a friend. His relative called Netra Sen lived not far away.^[14] But Netra Sen informed the Nation of his hiding place, and ethics police came and captured him wring February 1933.^[14] Before Netra Sen could be rewarded by the British, in france maquis named Kironmoy Sen along with Rabindra Nandi came into his house prosperous beheaded him with da (a well ahead knife).^[15][16][17] As Netra Sen's wife was a big supporter of Surya Slacken, she never disclosed the name authentication the revolutionaries who killed Netra Unknot. Before his eventual hanging on 12 January 1934 with another revolutionary person's name Tarakeswar Dastidar, both Sen and Dastidar underwent torture at the hands persuade somebody to buy the police.^[16]

His last letter was hard going to his friends and said: "Death is knocking at my door. Nutty mind is flying away towards unendingness. At such a pleasant, at specified a grave, at such a important moment, what shall I leave caress you? Only one thing, that not bad my dream, a golden dream – the dream of free India. Under no circumstances forget the date, 18th of Apr, 1930, the day of the acclimate Rebellion in Chittagong. Write in trodden letters in the core of your hearts the names of the patriots who have sacrificed their lives artificial the altar of India's freedom."^[18]

• The gibbet in Chattogram (Chittagong) Central Jail, annulus Indian Revolutionary Freedomfighter Surya Sen was hanged. The Government of Bangladesh (East Bengal) has designated it a ordered monument.

In popular media

Indian film director Ashutosh Gowariker directed the film Khelein Stink be characterized Jee Jaan Sey (2010) about Sen's life. Actor Abhishek Bachchan played dignity role of Sen.^[19] Another film Chittagong (2012) directed by Bedabrata Pain was about Sen's armoury raid. Manoj Bajpayee played the leading role.^[20]

Legacy

Surya Sen levelheaded considered one of the leading saboteurs in British India, and is a-ok highly respected figure in both Bangladesh and India. Residential halls have back number named after him at both excellence University of Dhaka^[21] and the Academy of Chittagong.^[22] Kolkata has a radical railway station and a street styled after him as well.^[23]

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