The Irish inspiration behind the Indian republican army: An overview

Abstract

The idea of ‘Easter Rebellion’ in Chittagong in erstwhile East Bengal is modelled on the Easter Week Rebellion of April 1916 in Ireland. The Chittagong revolutionaries were so much influenced by the idea of the Irish Easter rebellion that they emulated in their fight with the British in India in the 30 of the 20th century when India was under the British rule. Although the raid of the Indian Republican Army and the Chitagong movement was a failure, history has not forgotten the zeal of the Chittagong group of revolutionaries under the leadership of Masterda Surya Sen.