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Surya Sen

1894 - 1934

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Surya Sen, also known as Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 1894 – 12 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary and played a significant role in the Indian independence movement against British rule. He is best known for leading the Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930. Sen was a school teacher by profession and was popularly known as Master Da ("da" is an honorific suffix derived from "dada", meaning elder brother in Bengali language). He was influenced by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student of B.A. in Berhampore College (Now MES College). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Surya Sen is the 467th most popular social activist (down from 434th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Surya Sen ranks 467 out of 840. Before him are Gotō Shōjirō, Eugene V. Debs, Irom Chanu Sharmila, Mirabehn, Saalumarada Thimmakka, and Pjetër Arbnori. After him are Mary Edwards Walker, Nazik al-Abid, Hereward the Wake, William Lloyd Garrison, Rajendra K. Pachauri, and Donald Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Surya Sen ranks 187. Before him are James Anderson, Walter Piston, Tiny Sandford, Semyon Bogdanov, Bertha Lutz, and Nita Naldi. After him are Georges Carpentier, Harold Innis, Janko Alexy, Paul Hörbiger, Alexander P. de Seversky, and Margaret Molesworth. Among people deceased in 1934, Surya Sen ranks 119. Before him are Joachim Ringelnatz, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Zabel Sibil Asadour, Fritz Graebner, Jafar Jabbarly, and Heinz Prüfer. After him are Hulda Garborg, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Pretty Boy Floyd, Nelly Diener, Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, and Sergey Oldenburg.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Surya Sen ranks 33 out of 74. Before him are S. D. Burman (1906), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Kamini Roy (1864), and Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926). After him are Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), Zainul Abedin (1914), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), and Pritilata Waddedar (1911).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Bangladesh

Among social activists born in Bangladesh, Surya Sen ranks 2. Before him are Bipin Chandra Pal (1858). After him are Bagha Jatin (1879).

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