Assam Students’ Day: To honour the birth anniversary of Upendranath Brahma, a Bodo leader bestowed with the title of Bodofa (Guardian of the Bodo community) in the country’s north-eastern area. He was born in Assam on March 31, 1956.
According to State Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu, the Assam government marking Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma’s birthday on March 31 as Students’ Day in the state.
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Why is Student’s day celebrated in Assam?
To honour the birth anniversary of Upendranath Brahma, a Bodo leader bestowed with the title of Bodofa (Guardian of the Bodo community) in the country’s north-eastern area. He was born in Assam on March 31, 1956.
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Who is Upendranath Brahma?
Upendranath Brahma was a past president of the All Bodo Students’ Union and a Bodo social activist (ABSU).
Between 1981 and 1983, he was deputy president of the All Bodo Students Union, and from 1986 to 1986, he was president.
Government of Assam, in a historic move, dedicates 31st March as *Student Day* to pay tribute to Shri *Upendra Nath Brahma*, the great social reformer, who was born on 31st March 1956. The Students Day will be observed in all educational institutions as special homage to the… pic.twitter.com/KAkDZ77QrZ
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) March 26, 2023
He worked for the education and well-being of the Bodo people. Under his leadership, the ABSU agreed to include political problems on its agenda in order to provide students with political maturity.
Brahma died on May 1, 1990, in Bombay, as a result of blood cancer, at the age of 34.
Brahma was posthumously awarded the title of Bodofa (Guardian of the Bodos) on May 8, 1990, in recognition of his vision and guidance.
Every year on the anniversary of his passing, which is now known as Bodofa Day, his life is commemorated.
From now on, the Assam government will mark Brahma’s birth anniversary on March 31 as Students’ Day in the state.
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Upendra Nath Brahma, nicknamed ‘Thopen’ as a kid, grew up in poverty. He attended Dotma High School, Kokrajhar High School, and Sakti Ashram High and Trade School, among others. In 1975, Brahma completed his matriculation examination in the first division with letter grades in Mathematics. Following that, he earned a BA with honours in Physics from Cotton College and an MSc from Gauhati University in 1981.