Which of the following statements about the Chittagong group is NOT

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

Its membership included a large number of youth including Ganesh Ghosh, Lokenath Baul and Anant Singh

Its leader Surya Sen had been a lawyer in Dhaka before joining the group

Surya Sen and his group were closely associated with Congress work in Chittagong

This group had prepared an action plan to occupy the armouries in Chittagong

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UPSC NDA-1 – 2017

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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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