Mukunda Kakati

Mukunda Kakati (1919-1942) was an Indian revolutionary who participated Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement and was shot dead by British Police in Gohpur Police Station on 20 September 1942.[1][2]

Mukunda Kakati
Bronze statues of Swahid Kanaklata and Mukunda Kakati in front of Gohpur police station where they were shot dead
BornMarch 1919
Nalbari, Kamrup (British India)
Died20 September, 1942
Gohpur
Cause of deathShot by British Soldiers
Other namesMukund
MovementIndian independence movement

Death and commemoration

The Fast Patrol Vessel Mukunda Kakati, is named after Kanaklata Barua. After Kanaklata Barua was shot, Mukunda Kakati raised Indian Flag in Gohpur police station, resulting another dead shot to Mukunda Kakati.[3]

In Gohpur, there is a tank named Borpukhuri which was named for Mukunda Kakati and Kanaklata Baruah.[4]

In 1994, the Assam State Government named Nalbari Civil Hospital as 'Swahid Mukunda Kakati Civil Hospital' honouring Mukunda Kakati's sacrifice.[5]

References
  1. "Mukunda Kakati remembered". The Assam Tribune. 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021.
  2. Chopra, Pran Nath (1969). Who's who of Indian Martyrs, Volume 2. Ministry of Education and Youth Services, Government of India. p. 1933. ISBN 9788123021805.
  3. Assam (India) (1967). Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 2. Shillong: Govt. of Assam. p. 86.
  4. Bhattacharya, Prasanta (2004). Tourism in Assam : Trend and Potentialities. Guwahati: Bani Mandir. p. 260.
  5. "SMK CIVIL HOSPITAL" (PDF). 14 October 2021.
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