29 Nov, 2024
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A teenage freedom fighter who was shot and killed by the British police during the Quit India Movement of 1942. She was a member of the "Mrityu Bahini", a group of young people from Gohpur, Assam.
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A prominent leader in the freedom struggle, she was involved in the Non-Cooperation Movement and the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930. She was the first Assamese woman to be imprisoned for her activism.
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An Indian freedom fighter who was hanged during the Quit India Movement in 1942.
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An independence activist and politician who served as Assam's first Chief Minister from 1946 to 1950.
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Known as Assam's Gandhi, he followed Gandhi's principles and fought to end untouchability.
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A Gandhian who participated in the Quit India Movement as a student and was imprisoned for seven months in Jorhat jail. He founded the Assam Rajyik Mukti Joddha Sanmilan.
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A freedom fighter from Panigaon, Lakhimpur, who took part in the Quit India Movement. He was honoured by the President of India in 2014.
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