MPPSC 2016 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(A) The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in Bengal Presidency of British India (now in Bangladesh) by the Indian freedom fighters led by Surya Sen. The raiders were members of revolutionary groups who favoured armed uprisings as a means to achieve India’s independence from British colonial rule.