Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT

Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT correct?

[amp_mcq option1=”Its membership included a large number of youth including Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul and Anant Singh” option2=”Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group” option3=”Surya Sen and his group were closely associated with Congress work in Chittagong” option4=”This group had prepared an action plan to occupy the armouries in Chittagong” correct=”option2″]

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The statement that its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group is NOT correct.

Surya Sen, known as ‘Masterda’, the leader of the Chittagong group responsible for the 1930 armoury raid, was a school teacher in Chittagong. He was not a lawyer and was not based in Dhaka.

Statement A is correct; the group included young revolutionaries like Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul, and Anant Singh. Statement C is correct; Surya Sen was involved in Congress activities and was president of the Chittagong District Congress Committee before focusing on armed revolution. Statement D is correct; their main plan was indeed to seize the British armouries in Chittagong.

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