Kumudini Hajong Explained

Kumudini Hajong
Birth Date:1929/1930
Death Place:Baheratoli, Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona District, Bangladesh
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Known For:Tanka movement
Awards:Bangla Academy Fellowship (2019)

Kumudini Hajong (Bengali: কুমুদিনী হাজং; 1929/1930 – 23 March 2024) was a Bangladeshi Hajong revolutionary, indigenous and secular rights activist known for her role in the Tanka movement during the British Raj.[1] She received a Bangla Academy Fellowship in 2019 for her contribution to social welfare.

Hajong was born in at Baheratoli village in Mymensingh (present-day Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona) in the former Bengal Presidency of British India to Authit Chandra Roy Hajong and Jonomoni Hajong.[2]

Hajong was married to Lonkshwer Hajong. He died in 2000.[1] The couple had three sons and two daughters.[3] She died at her home on 23 March 2024.[1]

Awards

Notes

  1. The Daily Star reported that at the time of her death she was 94.

Notes and References

  1. News: Correspondent . Our . Tonko Rebellion leader Kumudini Hajong dies at 94 . 23 March 2024 . The Daily Star . 24 March 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: টংক আন্দোলনের নেত্রী কুমুদিনী হাজং . kullagoraup.netrokona.gov.bd . kullagora Union . 23 March 2024.
  3. News: Tanka movement leader Kumudini Hajong dies . 23 March 2024 . BSS.
  4. Web site: 42nd Annual Meeting of the General Council of Bangla Academy 2019 . banglaacademy.gov.bd . Bangla Academy . 23 March 2024.
  5. News: যেমন আছেন কুমুদিনী হাজং . 23 March 2024 . Prothomalo . 18 January 2022 . bn.