Kanaklata Barua, a young female revolutionary, was shot dead by the police while attempting to hoist the Indian national flag during the "Quit India Movement" in which state?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Assam.
Kanaklata Barua, also known as Birbala, was a teenage revolutionary from Assam. During the Quit India Movement in 1942, she joined the Mrityu Bahini (Death Squad). At just 17 years old, on September 20, 1942, she led a procession of unarmed volunteers to hoist the Indian National Flag at the Gohpur Police Station. Despite police warnings, she marched forward and was shot dead while holding the tricolour, becoming one of the youngest martyrs of India's independence.