• Happy Independence Day 2023: A tribute to those bravehearts from Northeast who lost their lives for their motherland

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    Happy Independence Day 2023: A tribute to those bravehearts from Northeast who lost their lives for their motherland

    On the occasion of Independence day, we pay tribute to those bravehearts from Northeast who lost their lives for their motherland...


    Happy Independence Day 2023: A day to celebrate India’s freedom from the 200-year-long British Raj, Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 of each year. It is a day to honour all those who died as martyrs or made supreme sacrifices for the Freedom Movement, which secured the freedom of every Indian in existence today. On August 15 also coincides with the erstwhile India being partitioned into Pakistan, India, and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

     

    On the occasion of its 77th Independence Day, India will pay tribute to the many men and women who gave their lives to pave the way for progress. However, the Northeastern independence fighters' contribution to the history of the war against the British has not been given the credit it deserves.

     

    On the occasion of Independence day, we pay tribute to those bravehearts from Northeast who lost their lives for their motherland.


    Kanaklata Barua

    An active organiser and member of Mrityu Bahini, Kanaklata was shot dead by the British police on September 20, 1942, while she was leading a procession holding the national flag during the Quit India Movement. She was just 18.

     

    Paona Brajabashi

    One of the most revered figures of the Anglo-Manipur War in 1891 was Major Paona Brajabashi, a soldier of the Kangleipak kingdom (Kingdom of Manipur) under Maharaja Kulachandra.


    Bir Tikendrajit Singh

    Bir Tikendrajit Singh, the crown prince of Manipur, who laid down his life along with his General Thangal for protecting the territorial integrity of the state against British imperialist design, has gone down in the annals of history as a hero of supreme sacrifice and extraordinary valour.


    Rani Gaidinliu

    “We are free people, the white men should not rule over us,” said a 13-year-old Rani Gaidinliu of the Rongmei Naga tribe in 1927, while issuing a clarion call to all ethnic Naga tribes from remote hills of the northeastern region.


    U Tirot Sing Syiemlieh

    Born in 1802, U Tirot Sing Syiemlieh was a native chief of Nongkhlaw, a territory in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, who led the Khasis in their fight against the British during the 1829-1833 Anglo-Khasi War.


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