Kanaklata biography of donald

Indian freedom fighter

Kanaklata Barua (22 December 1924 – 20 September 1942), also called Birangana and Shaheed (martyr), was an Indian independence activist who was shot dead by the Indian Imperial Police of the British Raj while leading a procession bearing the National Flag during the Quit India Movement of 1942.^[1]

Early life

She was born on 22 December 1924.

Barua was born in the Borangabari village of the undivided Darrang district of Assam as the daughter of Krishna Kanta and Karneshwari Barua. Her grandfather Ghana Kanta Barua was a famous hunter in Darrang.

Kanaklata Barua was such a martyr daughter of India who is included in the long line of Indian heroines due to her sacrifice.

Kanaklata Barua was such a martyr daughter of India who is included in the long line of Indian heroines due to her sacrifice.

Kanaklata Barua led one of the biggest peaceful processions towards the Gohpur Police Station in Assam, to hoist the Indian tricolor to mark the symbolic end.

Among the unseen and unrecognized freedom fighters, one is the great Kanaklata Barua whose brave tale is about to be narrated here.

REMEMBERING BIRBALA KANAKLATA BARUA, AN EXTRAORDINARY PATRIOT, ON HER MARTYRDOM DAY How do you characterize an year-old girl.

An active organiser and member of Mrityu Bahini, Kanaklata was shot dead by the British police on September 20, while she was leading a.

Her ancestors were from the Dolakasharia Barua kingdom (Chutia vassal chiefdom) of the erstwhile Ahom state who relinquished the Dolakasharia title and continued retaining the Barua title. Her mother died when she was only five and her father, who remarried, died when she reached thirteen.

She went to school till class three but then dropped out to take care of her younger sibli