Mukunda kakati biography of mahatma
Indian culture.
Mukunda Kakati
Indian socialist revolutionary
Mukunda Kakati (1919-1942) was an Indian revolutionary who participated Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement and was shot dead by officers of the Indian Imperial Police in Gohpur Police Station on 20 September 1942.[1][2]
Death
On 20 September 1942, the Mrityu Bahini, a death squad comprising groups of youth from the Gohpur sub-division of Assam, decided that independence activist Kanaklata Barua would hoist the nationalist flag at the local police station.
Barua led a procession of unarmed villagers to do so.
Mukunda kakati biography of mahatma
The police under Rebati Mahan Som, the officer in charge of the police station, warned the procession of dire consequences if they proceeded with their plan. Even after the warning, the procession continued marching ahead when the police fired upon the procession.
Barua was shot and the flag she was carrying with her was taken up by Mukunda Kakoti who too was shot at. Both Barua and Kakoti were killed