Kanaklata Barua Death Anniversary: Assam's 17-Year-Old Quit India Martyr

• •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.