Kushal Konwar

Kushal Konwar was born in 1905 in Golaghat district. His father was Sonaram Konwar and his mother was Kanpahi.

In 1912, at the age of seven, his father enrolled him in Balijan Primary School. He received his primary education in 1918 and entered the Bezbarua Middle English School. In 1921, the independence movement erupted across the country. Kushal Konwar also finished his education in 1921 and joined the Mahatma Gandhi movement at the age of

Kushal Konwar’s father Sonaram Konwar’s timber business slowly declined and he moved from Balijan to Rangmai. He started a shop there. Kushal Konwar also started helping in his father’s shop. Gradually, Kushal Konwar became popular among everyone in Rangmai. The people appointed him as a teacher in a primary school considering his family’s financial situation. At the same time, Kushal Konwar got a job as a clerk in the Jamuguri tea estate but worked there only for a short time. He was very unhappy with his job under British employees. He joined the tea plantations of Bishweshwar Sharma, an Assamese owner nearby, and worked there for nine years.

Kushal Konwar is not interested in his job. He began to think about how to free the country from the shackles of independence. He also joined the Congress in the work of the country during his service.

In 1936, he quit his job and joined the freedom movement. He rejected foreign clothes and used khaddar clothes by cutting yarn with his own hands

In 1942, he formed the Congress and accepted the proposal of the Quit India Movement and called on everyone to join the movement in groups. The British rulers of the time declared the movement illegal and arrested many of those who joined the movement.

Therefore, it is necessary to take action against these people. Therefore, it is necessary to take action against these people. On 10 September 1942, the railway line was opened and the train was derailed. Numerous of the soldiers on that train died. Kushal Konwar was the Secretary of the Saru Pathar Congress Committee at the time. The police convicted Kushal Konwar of his involvement in the incident. He and 42 others were convicted. After his imprisonment, the Chitra Humphrey court in Shibsagar received the testimony at the Golaghat office. Humphrey was a very strict administrator. He was convicted and punished for not participating in the train wreck. Finally, Mr. Humphrey sentenced Kushal Konwar to death.

Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat jail on 15 June 1943. Kushal Konwar became an immortal martyr for his self-sacrifice and still shines as an example of patriotism among us.