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1930 Figures

Chittagong Armoury Raid

Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1930.

Est. 1947 · BengalA Bilingual Archive

Full Figure List

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Surya Sen

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Revolutionary organizer of the Chittagong uprising

Masterda linked revolutionary discipline with anti-colonial action.

He led the Chittagong revolutionary network and organized the 1930 armoury raid against British colonial authority.

He emerged from anti-partition and Jugantar-era radical politics in eastern Bengal.

His leadership became a lasting symbol of armed anti-colonial resistance in Bengal memory.

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Pritilata Waddedar

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Revolutionary of the Chittagong armed movement

A defining woman revolutionary in Bengal’s anti-colonial struggle.

She took part in revolutionary operations in Chittagong and led the 1932 Pahartali European Club attack team.

She entered militant anti-colonial politics in a period when women’s direct participation in armed struggle was rare.

Her martyrdom became an enduring reference point for women’s courage in anti-colonial resistance.

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Subhas Chandra Bose

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Nationalist leader with major Bengal political roots

A decisive nationalist voice from Bengal in the final decades of empire.

He advanced a militant anti-colonial strategy and became one of the most influential nationalist leaders tied to Bengal political mobilization.

From Calcutta political circles to all-India leadership, his trajectory reflected major ideological splits in late-colonial politics.

His legacy shaped debates on sovereignty, resistance, and leadership across Bengal and South Asia.

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Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Poet, composer, and anti-imperial voice

The Rebel Poet whose words became civic fire.

Through poetry, songs, and journalism, he challenged colonial rule and social injustice, helping shape modern Bengali political and cultural consciousness.

Active across late-colonial Bengal, his writings connected literary expression with anti-colonial and egalitarian politics.

He remains a foundational figure in Bengali identity, protest culture, and secular civic memory in Bangladesh.

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Kalpana Datta

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Anti-colonial revolutionary

Kalpana Datta was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

South Asian political and intellectual history in the Bengal region.

Their legacy remains relevant to understanding state, society, and memory in Bengal/Bangladesh history.

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Binod Bihari Chowdhury

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Chittagong uprising veteran

Binod Bihari Chowdhury was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

South Asian political and intellectual history in the Bengal region.

Their legacy remains relevant to understanding state, society, and memory in Bengal/Bangladesh history.

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Jatin Das

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Anti-colonial activist

Jatin Das was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

South Asian political and intellectual history in the Bengal region.

Their legacy remains relevant to understanding state, society, and memory in Bengal/Bangladesh history.

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