Tarani Debnath তরণী দেবনাথ | |
Birth Date: | 1940 |
Birth Place: | Brahmanbaria, Tippera, Bengal, British India |
Death Date: | 19 May 1961 (aged 21) |
Death Place: | Silchar, Cachar, Assam, India |
Death Cause: | Police firing |
Nationality: | Indian |
Parents: | Jogendra Debnath |
Known For: | Martyr in Bengali Language Movement of Barak Valley |
Tarani Debnath (1940 - 19 May 1961) (Bengali: তরণী দেবনাথ) was a Bengali who took part in the Bengali Language Movement in the Barak Valley in 1961 and became a martyr.[1] [2] On 19 May 1961, while participating in a satyagraha demanding the official status for Bengali language in Barak Valley, he was shot dead by the paramilitary forces.