10 Forgotten Martyrs of India's Freedom Struggle

4. ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU

This brave martyr from Mogallu, Dist. in West Godavari of Andhra Pradesh was born on July 4,1897 as the son of Sri Venkatarama Raju. The atrocities committed by British rulers against the tribal people in Vishakhapatnam led him to organize an armed rebellion known as Rampa rebellion.

He was an expert guerilla leader and launched many successful attacks against the Britishers. A reward of 10,000 was announced for his arrest; however he surrendered to the English Army and was shot dead on May 7, 1924.

5. SEN SURYA ALIAS MASTERDA

He was born on October 18, 1893, at Noapara, Distt. Chittagong of Bengal as the son of Shri Rajmani Sen. He joined the Revolutionary Party in 1918 when he was a teacher at the Umatara High School, Chittagong. Mesterda took part in the non-cooperation movement and became the leader of the Chittagong branch of the militant revolutionary organization.

He set up many revolutionary centers across the country including one in the tea gardens of Assam and conducted the famous raid on the British armory at Chittagong. He was captured and brutally tortured by the police before hanging to death on January 11, 1934.