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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| honorific_prefix = Master Da | | honorific_prefix = Master Da | ||
| name = | | name = Surya Sen | ||
| image = | | image = Surya_Sen_before_1934.jpg | ||
| caption = A photograph of | | caption = A photograph of Surya Sen | ||
| native_name = সূর্য সেন ( | | native_name = সূর্য সেন (Surja Sen) | ||
| birth_name = Surjo | | birth_name = Surjo Sen | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|03|22|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|03|22|df=yes}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Raozan]], [[Chittagong District|Chittagong district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Bangladesh ]]<br/>(now in [[Bangladesh]]) | | birth_place = [[Raozan]], [[Chittagong District|Chittagong district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Bangladesh ]]<br/>(now in [[Bangladesh]]) | ||
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| death_place = [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Bangladesh]] | | death_place = [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Bangladesh]] | ||
| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]] | | movement = [[Indian Independence movement]] | ||
| nationality = [[British | | nationality = [[British Indian]] | ||
<br/>Modern Day: Bangladesh (Bengali) | <br/>Modern Day: Bangladesh (Bengali) | ||
| known for = [[Chittagong armoury raid]] | | known for = [[Chittagong armoury raid]] | ||
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{{Anushilan Samiti}} | {{Anushilan Samiti}} | ||
'''Surya Sen''', also called | '''Surya Sen''', also called '''Surya Kumar Sen''' (22 March 1894{{snd}}12 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary who was influential in the [[Indian independence movement]] against [[British Raj|British rule in India]] and is best known for leading the 1930 [[Chittagong armoury raid]]. | ||
Sen was a school [[teacher]] by profession and was popularly known as '''''Master Da''''' ("da" is an [[honorific]] suffix in [[Bengali language]]). He was influenced by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student of B.A. in [[Berhampore College|Behrampore College]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Islam|first1=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Chief ed. Sirajul|title=Surya Sen|date=2003|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|location=Dhaka|isbn=9843205766|edition=1. publ.|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Surya_Sen,_"Mastarda"|access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> In 1918, he was selected as president of the [[Indian National Congress]]'s Chittagong branch.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Subhas Chandra Bose and Middle Class Radicalism: A Study in Indian Nationalism, 1928-1940|last=Chakrabarti|first=Bidyut|publisher=I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd|year=1990|isbn=1850431493|pages=108}}</ref> | Sen was a school [[teacher]] by profession and was popularly known as '''''Master Da''''' ("da" is an [[honorific]] suffix in [[Bengali language]]). He was influenced by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student of B.A. in [[Berhampore College|Behrampore College]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Islam|first1=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Chief ed. Sirajul|title=Surya Sen|date=2003|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|location=Dhaka|isbn=9843205766|edition=1. publ.|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Surya_Sen,_"Mastarda"|access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> In 1918, he was selected as president of the [[Indian National Congress]]'s Chittagong branch.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Subhas Chandra Bose and Middle Class Radicalism: A Study in Indian Nationalism, 1928-1940|last=Chakrabarti|first=Bidyut|publisher=I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd|year=1990|isbn=1850431493|pages=108}}</ref> | ||
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Sen stayed in hiding, and kept moving from one place to another. Sometimes he took up a job as a workman, a farmer, a priest, a house worker or even hid as a pious Muslim. This is how he avoided being captured by the British. | Sen stayed in hiding, and kept moving from one place to another. Sometimes he took up a job as a workman, a farmer, a priest, a house worker or even hid as a pious Muslim. This is how he avoided being captured by the British. | ||
He hid in the house of a friend. His relative named Netra Sen lived not far away.<ref | He hid in the house of a friend. His relative named Netra Sen lived not far away.<ref>Srinvantu magazine (Aurobindo Bhawan, 8, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata - 700 071. ed. 8 March 2021. p. 36)</ref> But Netra Sen informed the British of his hiding place, and the police came and captured him in February 1933.<ref>Srinvantu magazine (Aurobindo Bhawan, 8, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata - 700 071. ed. 8 March 2021. p. 36)</ref> Before Netra Sen could be rewarded by the British, a revolutionary came into his house and beheaded him with ''da'' (a long knife). As Netra Sen's wife was a big supporter of Surjo Sen, she never disclosed the name of the revolutionary who killed Netra Sen. Another revolutionary named [[Tarakeswar Dastidar]] was also hanged together with Sen. | ||
His last letter was written to his friends and said: "Death is knocking at my door. My mind is flying away towards eternity. At such a pleasant, at such a grave, at such a solemn moment, what shall I leave behind you? Only one thing, that is my dream, a golden dream – the dream of free India. Never forget the date, 18th of April, 1930, the day of the eastern Rebellion in Chittagong. Write in red letters in the core of your hearts the names of the patriots who have sacrificed their lives at the altar of India's freedom." | His last letter was written to his friends and said: "Death is knocking at my door. My mind is flying away towards eternity. At such a pleasant, at such a grave, at such a solemn moment, what shall I leave behind you? Only one thing, that is my dream, a golden dream – the dream of free India. Never forget the date, 18th of April, 1930, the day of the eastern Rebellion in Chittagong. Write in red letters in the core of your hearts the names of the patriots who have sacrificed their lives at the altar of India's freedom." | ||