The last soldier of Masterda Surya Sen’s army has passed away.

Binod Bihari Choudhury, who was barely 19 when he took part in the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930, died at a city hospital on Wednesday night. He was 103.

“He was admitted to Fortis Hospital a few days ago because of some age-related complications. Chittagong was very close to his heart and his last rites will be performed there,” said Choudhury’s grandson Soham Subhra.

The revolutionary’s body will be flown to Bangladesh on Friday morning.

“His body will first be taken to Dhaka Shahid Minar for the people to pay their homage. Then he will be taken to Chittagong, where his family lives. His last rites will be performed there,” said Kazi Mustaq Zahir, the press secretary at the Bangladesh deputy high commission in Calcutta.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed condolences at the death of the veteran revolutionary and social worker.”

Choudhury, an MA in English and LlB, made his last public appearance in Bedabrata Pain’s film Chittagong, where he was seen sharing his experiences of the armoury raid under Masterda’s leadership.

The brigade comprising Choudhury, Preetilata Waddedar, Kalpana Dutta, Kalipada Chakrabarty, Ambika Chakrabarty and Tarakeshwar Dastidar, among others, raided the armoury, police station and the telegraph office of Chittagong on April 18, 1930.

In the subsequent gunfight with the British forces on the Jalalabad hills, Choudhury was shot in the throat but he managed to escape. He was finally arrested and sent to a prison in distant Rajputana.

After Partition, Choudhury chose to remain in then East Pakistan. He actively took part in the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. His memoir is titled Ognijhora Dinguli (Those Fiery Days).