Kushal Konwar of Golaghat district in Assam was the only satyagrahi martyr to be hanged during the 1942 Quit India Movement. His ancestors can be traced back to Gomdhar Konwar, the first Assamese freedom fighter who fought against the Britishers
to restore the Ahom monarchy which came under the Britishers through the Treaty of Yandaboo of 1826.
About: The Treaty of Yandabo : It was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed on 24 February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5 March 1824, by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British side, and the Governor of Legaing Maha Min Hla Kyaw Htin from the Burmese side, without any due permission and consent of the Ahom kingdom, Kachari kingdom or the other territories covered in the treaty
Sarupathar Train Derailment Incident:
Ever since the Salt Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, Konwar even stopped taking salt. On 10th October 1942, hidden in the thick fog of early morning, some people removed few sleepers from the railway line near Sarupathar in Golaghat district. A Military train passing by derailed and many British and American soldiers lost their lives. Accusing Kushal Konwar of being the chief conspirator of the train sabotage, the British police arrested him. At dawn on 15th June 1943 at 4:30 am, Kushal Konwar was hanged at Jorhat Jail.
Course Purchase Query 