Unsung Heroes Detail

Even though she was a mother of eight children and a housewife Bhogeswari Phokaneni played an active and important role in the Quit India Movement. Phokaneni was born in Berhampur and was active in Berhampur, Babajia and Barpujia areas in the Nagaon district of Assam. Bhogeswari Phokaneni took part in many Satyagraha Marches as Civil Disobedience against the British authorities. In one such protest held during the Quit India Movement, she was shot by British Captain after she had hit him for disregard of the Indian Flag. She died of that gun shot in 1942. She is fondly remembered as "Sixty Years Old Martyr”.

Source: The Unsung Heroes: A Tribute, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration