Heartfelt tribute paid to 16 martyrs of freedom movement in Lakhimpur district

Lakhimpur: An emotional tribute was paid to 16 martyrs of the Gana Movement or Quit India Movement in 1942 during India’s independence movement in Lakhimpur district on Wednesday. These martyrs are Monbor Nath, Kumali Devi, Khauli Devi, Kanika Devi, Chhot Nath, Tileshwari Barua, Ratan Kachari, Moniram Kachari, Mangal Kurmi, Dayal Das Panika, Mahiram Koch, Sarunath Chutia, Lerela Kachari, Kark Gaur, Kanaklata Barua and Mukunda. Kakati. Also read- Assam: Big heroin worth crores of rupees busted in Naharkatiya; Three women arrested. It is noteworthy that during the Quit India Movement, ‘Mrityu Vahini’ leader Monbor Nath was shot dead by the British on 20 September 1942, when he was hoisting the ‘Swaraj Flag’ on the roof of Dhekiajuli Police Station. Drive away the British. Apart from them, the above mentioned freedom fighters also made the supreme sacrifice at this very place while facing the British bullets for the freedom of the country. On the other hand, Kanaklata Barua and Mukund Kakati attained martyrdom at Gahpur on the same day. Though Mukund Kakati and Kanaklata Barua received due recognition as martyrs from the Central and State Government, other persons who made supreme sacrifice at Dhekiajuli are still deprived of the same.

Death Club organized a tribute program in Tyag area of North Lakhimpur city on Wednesday evening. The program began with the lighting of hundreds of earthen lamps by prominent citizens of Lakhimpur who had gathered there from different parts of the district. Also read- Assam: Animal ambulance flagged off in Mariani. The program of lighting of earthen lamps was inaugurated by Birinchi Hazarika, son of social activist-cum-freedom fighter Tirtheshwar Hazarika. The tribute program was conducted by Mangalmay Patrika editor Sanjib Upadhyay, in which Suren Hazarika, son of freedom fighter Tuniram Hazarika, Lakhimpur District Journalist Association President Sailen Barua, writer-novelist Dhanada Devi gave lectures remembering the martyrs. Also read- Assam: Police caught four robbers in Tinsukia, two others absconding In the same program, a book titled ‘Swahid Monbor Nath Aru Rakta Biyalish’ written by Ambedkar Fellowship winning writer Prashant Kumar Nath was released by the poet-cum-social. Went. Activist Uday Shankar Hazarika. Those who participated in the program included Jiten Barua, director of Mangalbodh Jagran Kendra, environmental activist Narayan Barua, North Lakhimpur Press Club secretary Karuna Krishna Nath.