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Q134
(NDA-II/2024)
History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947)
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Freedom Fighter Kanaklata Barua sacrificed her life while participating in
Explanation
Kanaklata Barua, also known as Birbala, was a prominent teenage freedom fighter from Assam who sacrificed her life during the Quit India Movement in 1942.
- On September 20, 1942, she led a procession of unarmed volunteers under the Mrityu Bahini (Death Squad) to hoist the Indian National Flag at the Gohpur Police Station in Assam.
- Despite being warned by the British police of dire consequences, she refused to retreat, asserting that the flag must be hoisted.
- She was shot dead by the police at the age of 17 while holding the tricolor aloft. After her fall, the flag was caught by her companion Mukunda Kakoti, who was also shot.
Her martyrdom became a symbol of resistance in Northeast India during the final phase of the Indian National Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi with the call to 'Do or Die'.
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