Kushal Konwar was hanged in 1943 during the Quit India Movement.
17 Facts About Kushal Konwar
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Kushal Konwar was born on 21 March 1905 at Chaodang Chariali of Ghiladhari Mouza, Golaghat district of Assam.
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Kushal Konwar's family descended from the royal family of Ahom kingdom and used the surname "Konwar", which was later abandoned.
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Kushal Konwar organised the Congress party and lead the people of Sarupathar area in Satyagraha and non-cooperation movement against the British.
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Kushal Konwar was elected the President of the Sarupathar Congress Committee.
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At dawn on 15 June 1943 at 4:30 am, Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat Jail.
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Kushal Konwar's family descended from the royal family of Ahom Kingdom and used the surname "Konwar", which was later abandoned.
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Since then, Kushal Konwar pledged to remain a vegetarian and accepted the Shrimad Bhagawad Gita as his only companion.
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Kushal Konwar observed these pledges till the last moment of his life.
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Kushal Konwar was quiet and truth loving as a child - the traits that he inherited from his parents, Sonaram Konwar, and Kanakeswari Konwar.
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The fifth child of his parents, Kushal Konwar completed his primary school education in 1918 and took admission at the Bezbarua Middle English School at Golaghat.
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An ardent follower of Gandhiji and his principle of nonviolence, Kushal Konwar was ignorant about the sabotage plan and action.
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Kushal Konwar was innocent but the police charged him as the mastermind of the train sabotage.
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Kushal Konwar was brought from Golaghat and was lodged in the Jorhat jail on 5 November 1942.
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Kushal Konwar spent his remaining days in the death row cell of Jorhat jail in prayers and reading the Gita.
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At dawn on 15 June 1943 at 4:30 am, Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat Jail.
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Kushal Konwar married Prabhawati while young and had two sons, Khagen and Nagen.