Rajen Sharma

Rajen Sharma, commonly known as Uddipta Hazarika,[a] was the first publicity secretary of the militant organisation United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).[1][2] Popular for his poem Mor Rakta Borna Protigya (Assamese: মোৰ ৰক্তবৰ্ণ প্ৰতিজ্ঞা), Sharma was killed on 8 October 1989.[3][4]

Sharma was the first martyr of the ULFA,[5] as the organisation was banned by the government of India[6] a year after his death.[7] In memory of Sharma, journalist Parag Kumar Das dedicated his book Changlot Fenla, citing Uddipta alias Rajen Sharma as a martyr[8][9] and a National Hero.[10]


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  1. ^ Economic and political weekly. 1989. p. 2534.
  2. ^ Deka, Dixita (2 October 2019). "'Between underground and over ground: narratives on the identity of women insurgents in Assam'". Asian Ethnicity. 20 (4): 469–485. doi:10.1080/14631369.2019.1596737. ISSN 1463-1369. S2CID 151281562.
  3. ^ "Voice of Ulfa caught in Bhutan net - Shroud of secrecy over evacuation of injured Bhutanese soldiers to army base in Guwahati". The Telegraph (India). 17 December 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ "India today". India Today. 15: 66. ISSN 0971-4537.
  5. ^ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (18 April 2014). "In ULFA's former bastion rises new opportunity". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Before Being Banned, ULFA Leaders Had Sought UK Support, Reveal Declassified Papers". The Wire. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ^ Moral, Rakhee Kalita. "Rumour, Rhetoric, Rebellion: Negotiating the archive and the witness in Assam". NMML Occasional Paper History and Society. New Series. 82. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library: 8, 26. ISBN 978-93-83650-92-7.
  8. ^ Baruah, Sanjib (2009). Beyond Counter-insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-19-569876-3.
  9. ^ Baishya, Amit Rahul (2010). Rewriting nation-state: Borderland literatures of India and the question of state sovereignty. Vol. 72-12A. University of Iowa. English. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-124-87786-0.
  10. ^ "Sanglat Fenla Controversy: নতুন সংস্কৰণত সাল-সলনিৰ অভিযোগ". ETV Bharat News. ETV Bharat. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.