Tarani Debnath (1940 - 19 May 1961) () was a Bengali who took part in the
Bengali Language Movement in the Barak Valley in 1961 and became a martyr.
On 19 May 1961, while participating in a ''
satyagraha
Satyāgraha (from ; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is ...
''demanding the official status for
Bengali language
Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...
in
Barak Valley, he was shot dead by the paramilitary forces.
References
1940 births
1961 deaths
Bengali language movement activists
Hindu martyrs
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