Tarani Debnath Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: bn:বিস্মৃত বলিদান. Chowdhury. Ranajit. http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=3850&boxid=32416359. 19 May 2013. Ei Samay. bn. 22 May 2013. 25 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150725013956/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=3850&boxid=32416359. dead.
  2. Web site: Report of Non-Official Enquiry Commission on Cachar. A. K. Das Memorial Trust. 20. 25 May 2013. Silchar. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131229042659/http://www.unishemay.org/english-pages/lang-content/NCChatterjee.pdf. 29 December 2013.