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Kanaklata Barua's death anniversary is observed on 20 September, marking the day in 1942 she was shot dead while leading a procession to hoist the Tricolour at the Gohpur police station in Assam.
She was 17, born on 22 December 1924 at Barangabari village in Gohpur, then in undivided Darrang district of Assam.
She had enrolled in the Mrityu Bahini, a volunteer 'death squad' of Gohpur youth formed for high-risk Quit India actions.
Mukunda Kakati, who picked up the flag after she fell, was shot dead the same day at the same police station.
The Indian Coast Guard fast patrol vessel ICGS Kanaklata Barua, built by GRSE Kolkata, was commissioned on 30 September 2020 and carries her name.
Born at Barangabari village in Gohpur, undivided Darrang district, Assam.
Loses her mother, Korneshwari Barua, at the age of five; her father dies in her teenage years.
The All India Congress Committee passes the Quit India Resolution, launching the movement.
She joins the Mrityu Bahini at Gohpur, the volunteer corps raised for high-risk Quit India action.
Leading an unarmed procession to hoist the Tricolour at Gohpur police station, she is shot dead at 17; Mukunda Kakati, who takes up the flag, is also killed.
ICGS Kanaklata Barua, a GRSE-built fast patrol vessel, is commissioned at Kolkata in her name.
The Quit India Resolution of 8 August 1942 and the mass arrests that followed left leaderless local action - like the Gohpur march - as the movement's dominant form in its first weeks.
Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, whose speeches and songs drew her in, were central figures of Assamese cultural nationalism; Agarwala is also remembered as the pioneer of Assamese cinema.
The Indian Coast Guard has named fast patrol and inshore patrol vessels after women of the freedom struggle, ICGS Kanaklata Barua among them, commissioned on 30 September 2020.
General Awareness > Modern Indian History - the Quit India Movement and its martyrs
GS Paper 1 > Modern Indian History - the freedom struggle, its various stages and important contributors from different parts of the country
With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events: 1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy 2. Quit India Movement launched 3. Second Round Table Conference What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?
Answer: 3-2-1
With reference to 8th August, 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?
Answer: The Quit India Resolution was adopted by the AICC.
The 'Quit India Movement' was launched in which year?
Answer: 1942
Literally 'death squad' - a volunteer corps of Gohpur youth in Assam formed to carry out high-risk Quit India actions, which Kanaklata Barua joined.
The resolution passed by the All India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942 demanding an immediate end to British rule.
The honorific by which Kanaklata Barua is remembered in Assam, meaning brave girl.