Assam wants to identify all Quit India patriots to honour kin
The body of Tileswari Barua, Assam’s youngest martyr who died during the Quit India movement, was never found; she was among the 17 gunned down by the police in Dhekiajuli, now a town in Sonitpur district.
Of the 17, only 13 nd a mention on the plaque in the town’s memorial for the Quit India martyrs. Two of them — a monk and a beggar — are unnamed.
After 76 years, eorts are on to identify these two martyrs along with four others who succumbed to their injuries a day or two after the ring on September 20, 1942. The four, officials said, could not be honoured as they did not nd a mention in British records.
This story is from the September 23, 2018 edition of The Hindu.
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