Background
Senator was born on 22 March 1894 at Noapara, under Raozan upazilla in Chittagong. His father Ramaniranjan Senator was a teacher.
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Surya Senator
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University of Calcutta.
Career
Senator was a school teacher by profession and was popularly called as Master Da ("da" is a honorific suffix in Bengali language). He was influenced by the nationalist ideals in 1916 while he was a student of Bachelor of Arts in Behrampore College. In 1918 he was selected as president of Indian National Congress, Chittagong branch.
In 1916 when he was a Bachelor of Arts student in Behrampore College he learned about Indian freedom movement from one of his teachers.
He felt attracted towards revolutionary ideals and joined a revolutionary organization Anushilan Samity. After completing his studies he returned to Chittagong in 1918 and joined as a teacher at National school, Nandankanan.
Senator led a group of revolutionaries on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury. The plan was elaborate and included seizing of arms from the armoury as well as destruction of communication system of the city (including telephone, telegraph and railway), thereby isolating Chittagong from the rest of British India.
However, although the group could loot the arms, they failed to get the ammunition.
They hoisted the Indian National Flag on the premises of the armoury, and then escaped. A few days later, a large fraction of the revolutionary group was cornered in the nearby Jalalabad hills by the British troops. In the ensuing fight, twelve revolutionaries died, many were arrested, while some managed to flee, including Senator.
Senator stayed in hiding, and kept moving from one place to another.
This is how he avoided being captured by the British.
He once hid in the house of a man called Netra Senator. But Netra Senator informed the British of his hiding, and the police came and captured him in February 1933.
Before Netra Senator could be rewarded by the British, a revolutionary came into his house and beheaded him with da (a long knife). As Netra Senator"s wife was a big supporter of Surya Senator, she never disclosed the name of the revolutionary who killed Netra Senator.
Before Senator was hanged, he was brutally tortured by the British.
The British executioners broke all his teeth with a hammer, and pulled out all his nails. They broke all his limbs and joints. He was dragged to the rope unconscious.
His last letter was written to his friends and said: “Death is knocking at my door.
My mind is flying away towards eternity..At such a pleasant, at such a grave, at such a solemn moment, what shall I leave behind you? Only one thing, that is my dream, a golden dream-the dream of Free India. Never forget the 18th of April,1930, the day of the eastern Rebellion in Chittagong.
Write in red letters in the core of your hearts the names of the patriots who have sacrificed their lives at the altar of India’s freedom." Senator was given a burial at sea in the Bay of Bengal. Indian film director Ashutosh Gowariker directed the film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010) about Senator"s life.
Actor Abhishek Bachchan played the role of Senator.
Another film Chittagong (2012) directed by Bedabrata Pain was about Senator"s armoury raid. Manoj Bajpayee played the leading role.
Politics
At that time, Indian National Congress was the most prominent political party there.
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Nationality
Bangladesh -
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Political Party
Indian National Congress