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As India celebrates its 74th Independence Day, the country will pay homage to the many men and women who sacrificed their lives and paved the way forward. In documenting the struggle against the British, however, the contribution of freedom fighters from the northeast hasn’t found its due place in popular discourse.
In a bid to address this injustice, we have compiled a list of 10 legendary figures from the northeast you should learn about to better understand the scope of India’s freedom struggle.
Kanaklata Barua
Born on 22 December 1924, in Borangabari village of the undivided Darrang district, Assam, Kanaklata Barua made a name for herself during the Quit India Movement, when she joined the Mrityu Bahini, a suicide squad, when she was only 17. She had earlier applied to join the Azad Hind Fauj, but was rejected because she was a minor.
On 20 September 1942, the revolutionary camp of Gohpur division of undivided Darrang district decided to hoist and unfurl the national flag at a local police station, and it was Barua who led a procession of unarmed villagers for the task.
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.
Battling the British undermanned and under-armed in the Battle of Khongjom, Paona valiantly led his soldiers in one of the fiercest battles in Indian history on 23 April 1891.
Answer:For seven hundred years, from 1110 till 1819, the Kingdom of Kangleipak (Kingdom of Manipur) reigned over the area of modern-day Manipur uninterrupted.The kingdom’s eventual downfall began in 1819, when the Kingdom of Burma, under Emperor Bawdawpay, invaded and annexed Manipur.The Burmese reign over Manipur saw a campaign of genocide against the Meitei, reducing the region’s population to just 2,500. Following the fall of Manipur, the Burmese kingdom expanded into Assam and the Brahmaputra Valley. But it is there that they faced an unexpected, but formidable, enemy – the British.Threatened by a potential Burmese invasion of Bengal, on March 5, 1824, the British declared war on Burma. Manipuri refugees agreed to fight on the British side if they agreed to restore the sovereignty of Manipur under Prince Gambhir Singh.The British agreed and won the war. By 1826 Burmese troops had been expelled from the area and Manipur restored as an independent kingdom under British protection.All was peaceful until the death of Maharaja Chandrakiri in 1890 when a power struggle for the throne ignited a civil war.A series of coups, exiles and appeals for help eventually led to the British getting directly involved in Manipur once again. A party of British officials and 400 Gurkhas arrived in Imphal to arrest the prince in revolt, Tikendrajit, and oust the current man on the throne – Maharaja Kulchandra Singh.When the Maharaja refused to abdicate or hand over the prince, the British tried to conduct a sudden midnight raid and capture Tikendrajit in 1891. But the imperials’ plan was quickly foiled by Manipuri soldiers.Angered, King Kulachandra ordered the beheading of the five British officers on March 24, 1891.It was this incident that triggered what was later called the Anglo-Manipur war of 1891. And it is here that Major Paona Brajabashi, a brave soldier of the Kangleipak kingdom and hero of the Indian freedom movement, took centre stage
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