Nirmal Sen (independence activist)

Nirmal Sen also known as Nirmal Kumar Sen (Bengali: নির্মল সেন) (1900 – 12th June 1932) was an Indian independence activist and a member of the armed resistance movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Went to Burma in 1920 for securing arms and ammunition. Took part in the Non-Cooperation Movement (1921). Arrested in 1924 and detained without trial for 3 years. One of the ringleaders of the Chittagong revolutionary party and also provided funds for the Party. Participated in the Chittagong Armoury Raid on April 18, 1930, and in the fighting against British troops on the Jalalabad Hill on April 22, 1930. Escaped after the raid and remained in hiding. On June 13, 1932 he got surrounded by a British military squad in the house of Savitri Chakrabarty at Patiya Upazila on June 13, 1932. Shot dead a British officer Captain Cameron, in the encounter and was himself killed.