Cause of death Police firing Died May 19, 1961, Silchar Name Tarani Debnath | Ethnicity Bengali Hindu Nationality Indian Parents Jogendra Debnath | |
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Born 1940 Brahmanbaria, Tippera, Bengal, British India 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. 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.
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