Surya Sen was a great patriot of India. He was born at Noyapara of Chittagong now in Bangladesh on March
22, 1894. Rajmoni Sen was his father and the name of his mother was Sashibala. Surya Sen received his early education at the village primary school and high school respectively. He passed the B.A. Exam from Berhampore College. He learnt about Indian freedom movement from one of his teacher. He felt attracted towards revolutionary ideals and joined the revolutionary organisation
'Anushilan Samity'. Then he returned to Chittagong in
1918 and became a Mathematics teacher at National school, Nandankanan. At that time Indian National Congress was the most prominent political party there.
'Masterda' as Surya Sen was popularly called, joined in the Non co-operation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in
1921. A great patriot as he was put in jail on a number of occasions.
'Masterda' founded the Indian Republican Army in
1928 and attacked the British arsenal at Chittagong in
1930. The Army fought bravely against the strong British army. Sen stayed in hiding and kept moving from one place to another. Sometimes he took up job as a workman, a farmer, a priest, a house worker or even hid as pious Muslim. This is how he avoided being captured by the British. But Surya Sen was caught by the English in
1933 and jailed. He was sentenced to death on
12th January,
1934. The ideals of Surya Sen inspired hundreds of freedom fighters of India.
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