The Chittagong Armoury Raid of April 1930 was led by:

The Chittagong Armoury Raid of 18 April 1930 was led by Surya Sen, popularly known as "Masterda" because he was a schoolteacher.

About the raid:

• Surya Sen organised a revolutionary group called the "Indian Republican Army" (Chittagong branch).
• On the night of 18 April 1930, about 65 young revolutionaries, divided into groups, attacked the police armoury and the auxiliary forces armoury in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh).
• Their plan was to capture the arms, cut the telegraph and telephone lines, and disrupt the railway, to isolate Chittagong from the rest of the British administration.
• They captured the armouries, but could not find the ammunition.
• They hoisted the national flag and proclaimed a provisional revolutionary government.

The Jalalabad Hills battle:

• On 22 April 1930, the revolutionaries were surrounded by British troops in the Jalalabad Hills near Chittagong.
• In the fierce battle, many revolutionaries and British soldiers were killed.
• Many revolutionaries escaped and continued guerrilla activities.

Women revolutionaries:

• Women such as Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Dutt took part in the movement.
• In 1932, Pritilata Waddedar led an attack on the Pahartali European Club, and took poison to avoid capture.

The fate of Surya Sen:

• Surya Sen went underground for nearly three years.
• He was betrayed and captured in February 1933.
• He was hanged on 12 January 1934, along with Tarakeswar Dastidar.

NCERT on the Chittagong raid:

NCERT notes that in 1930, Surya Sen led the Chittagong armoury raid, and that revolutionaries in Bengal carried out armed attacks against officials.

Significance:

The raid inspired many young people in Bengal and elsewhere to join the freedom struggle.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Jatindranath Mukherjee, Rash Behari Bose and Bhagat Singh were other revolutionaries.