The Chittagong Armoury Raid was led by which of the following freedom fighters?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) Surya Sen.
The Chittagong Armoury Raid took place on 18 April 1930 and was led by the revolutionary freedom fighter Surya Sen, also known as Masterda. He was a schoolteacher by profession and a prominent leader in the Indian Republican Army, a revolutionary group in Bengal. The raid aimed to challenge British colonial rule by capturing arms and disrupting communication and transport infrastructure.
Surya Sen, along with a group of armed revolutionaries, launched a successful attack on the British armory and telegraph offices in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh). Though they managed to capture the armory, they failed to obtain ammunition. After hoisting the Indian national flag, they declared Chittagong free from British rule for a brief period.
This act of rebellion was highly symbolic and inspired a wave of patriotism and revolutionary fervor. Surya Sen went underground but was eventually arrested in 1933, brutally tortured, and hanged on 12 January 1934 by the British authorities.
Information Booster:
· Surya Sen was the chief architect of the Chittagong Armoury Raid.
· The raid occurred on 18 April 1930 in Chittagong, now in Bangladesh.
· It was intended to capture British arms and ammunition and spark a revolution.
· The revolutionaries included young patriots like Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Dutta.
· The mission became a symbol of courage and martyrdom in India's freedom struggle.
Additional Knowledge:
· Chittaranjan Das: A moderate freedom fighter and lawyer, known for founding the Swaraj Party, not involved in the raid.
· Khudiram Bose: One of the youngest martyrs of the freedom struggle, hanged in 1908, much before the raid.
· Rash Behari Bose: An earlier revolutionary and founder of the Indian National Army concept, but not linked with the Chittagong raid.