Chittagong armoury raidBelligerentsIndian independence movementBengal PresidencyCommanders and leadersSurya SenStanley JacksonCasualties and losses 12 killed 84–85 killedThe Chittagong Uprising termed by the British as Chittagong Armoury Raid, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury of Bengal Province in British India (now in Bangladesh) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen.
Indian independence movementMovement to end British rule in IndiaPortuguese India(1505–1961)British India(1600–1947)The Indian independence movement was a series of political efforts from the mid-1880s to 1947 that took place in the Indian subcontinent with the aim of ending British colonial rule. The first nationalistic movement took root when the Indian National Congress (INC) was formed in 1885.Ananta SinghAnanta Lal Singho (1 December 1903 - 25 January 1979) was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Later, he founded a far-left radicalcommunist group, the Revolutionary Communist Council of India. The role of Singh was played by actor Maninder Singh in the 2010 Hindi film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Jaideep Ahlawat in the 2012 film Chittagong and Jeet in the 2026 film Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat.
Lokenath BalLokenath Bal (Bengali: লোকনাথ বল) (8 March 1908 – 4 September 1964) was an Indian independence activist and a member of the armed resistance movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Later, he joined the Indian National Congress. After Indian independence, he worked as an administrative officer in the Calcutta Corporation till his death.
Indian National CongressThe Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India. It is one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the oldest party in India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the non-European British Empire.
British RajThe British Raj ( ; from Hindustanirāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India.Ganesh GhoshGanesh Ghosh (22 June 1900 – 16 October 1994) was an Indian independence activist, revolutionary, and politician. BiographyGanesh Ghosh was born into a Bengali Kayastha family from Binodpur, now in Magura District, Bangladesh. In 1922, he took admission to the Bengal Technical Institute in Calcutta. Later, he became a member of the Chittagong Jugantar party. He participated in the Chittagong armoury raid, along with Surya Sen and other revolutionaries, on 18 April 1930.
ChittagongChittagong ( CHIT-ə-gong), officially Chattogram (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, romanized: Côṭṭôgrām, IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɔʈːoɡram] , traditionally Bengali: চাটগাঁও, romanized: Cāṭgão; Chittagonian: চিটাং, romanized: Sitang), is the capital and largest city of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong District.
Revolutionary movement for Indian independenceViolent factions of the movement
Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.HonorificAn honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person. It is also often conflated with systems of honorific speech in linguistics, which are grammatical or morphological ways of encoding the relative social status of speakers. Honorifics can be used as prefixes or suffixes depending on the appropriate occasion and presentation in accordance with style and customs.
Murshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath UniversityMurshidabad Maharaja Krishnanath University is a public state university in Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal. The university was established in 2021 by the West Bengal government under The Murshidabad University Act, 2018. The city of Murshidabad is named after a great thinker, and the first Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan. HistoryThe institution was established in 1853 as Krishnath College as a liberal arts and sciences college in Baharampur.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.