Assam: Indian Post to issue commemorative postage stamp on Pothorughat Peasants’ Uprising

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MANGALDAI: In a nod to the enduring legacy of historic peasants uprising at Pothorughat in Darrang district of Assam on January 28 of 1894 where the Imperial Police of British gunned down 140 rural peasants, the Department of Posts, under the Ministry of Communication, Government of India, has taken a significant step to confer national honour and recognition to this glorious episode of India’s freedom struggle. Following the release of a commemorative postal envelope on January last, they have come forward to honour the ultimate sacrifice of the 140 Krishak Swahids with issue of a commemorative postage stamp.

In a letter number P-16/57/2024-Phil-DOP dated December 1, 2024, Sachin Kishore, Deputy Director General (Philately), Department of Posts, informed Darrang-Udalguri Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia that the Philatelic Advisory Committee has approved the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp on the ‘Pothorughat Peasants Uprising’. This gesture serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by these unsung heroes and their contributions to India’s struggle for independence.

Mention may be made here that Parliamentarian Saikia vide a letter on August 30 had requested the Ministry of Communication, Government of India to issue a commemorative postage stamp on this peasants rebellion that took place at a sleepy village of Pothorughat 25 years before the famed Jalliwanwalabagh massacre.

Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia has been taking a relentless initiative to take this peasants uprising in the national level and even met the President of India Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 9 of 2023 accompanied by legislator Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi, Bhargab Kumar Das president and Mayukh Goswami, secretary of Mangaldai Media Circle and apprised the president of the peasants uprising at Pothorughat.  Mangaldai Media Circle, a premier organization of the media persons has highly appreciated the relentless initiative of Parliamentarian Dilip Saikia in granting national honour and recognition to the peasants uprising at Pothorughat.

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