Saga of an Assamese Army officer’s sacrifice

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Saga of an Assamese Army  officer’s sacrifice
>From Our  Correspondent
 MANGALDOI, Sept 3 – A unique story of an Assamese army officer  in the rank of captain under the British Raj who resigned from his job at  Shimla, for joining the Swadeshi movement has come to light. The highlight of  the story is that the Indian Army chief after independence General Cariappa had  worked under the Assamese officer, Capt Gunin Barua of Khumtai, Golaghat, at  Dehradun.

This information was recently received from Apurba Kr Barua,  editor of weekly Dhansiri (Golaghat) who is well-versed in the history of  Golaghat and associated as a higher-up with the small Newspapers Publication  Association, Assam.

According to Barua, late Gunin Barua tendered his  resignation while at Shimla and after quitting his job set his clothes including  hat, and bow-tie aflame near the Deshabhakta TY Phookun Park in Guwahati in the  presence of prominent Assamese patriots.

       
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