Lakhyadhar Choudhury (1915â€"2000) was an actor, playwright,
film-director, humanist, prose-writer, orator, cabinet-minister in the
state of Assam, state legislator, teacher, 'freedom fighter',
president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha and the Asom Natya Sanmelan.Born
in Rangmahal, North Guwahati on the Dipwali night of 1915 to Bhudhar
Choudhury and Uma Choudhury, Lakhyadhar was admitted to Cotton
Collegiate High School in 1925. He passed his BSc examination from
Cotton College, Guwahati in 1933. During his student life Lakhyadhar
lodged with his uncle Sasha Choudhury of Uzan Bazar, Guwahati who was
a peskar-an employee in the DC Court.He started his career as a
teacher of the North Guwahati Auniati Kamaldev High School in 1939 but
quit his job in 1942 to join the freedom movement launched under the
leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. He plunged into the Quit India movement,
working as a volunteer and linkman between the leaders, carrying their
secret messages while posing as a salesman. Later he also went
underground to avoid arrest by the police. During the movement, he
came into contact with leaders like Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan,
Acharya Kripalani, Aruna Asaf Ali, Achyut Patwardhan, Ram Manohar
Lohia, etc and was attracted to the socialism preached by these
leaders.
film-director, humanist, prose-writer, orator, cabinet-minister in the
state of Assam, state legislator, teacher, 'freedom fighter',
president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha and the Asom Natya Sanmelan.Born
in Rangmahal, North Guwahati on the Dipwali night of 1915 to Bhudhar
Choudhury and Uma Choudhury, Lakhyadhar was admitted to Cotton
Collegiate High School in 1925. He passed his BSc examination from
Cotton College, Guwahati in 1933. During his student life Lakhyadhar
lodged with his uncle Sasha Choudhury of Uzan Bazar, Guwahati who was
a peskar-an employee in the DC Court.He started his career as a
teacher of the North Guwahati Auniati Kamaldev High School in 1939 but
quit his job in 1942 to join the freedom movement launched under the
leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. He plunged into the Quit India movement,
working as a volunteer and linkman between the leaders, carrying their
secret messages while posing as a salesman. Later he also went
underground to avoid arrest by the police. During the movement, he
came into contact with leaders like Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan,
Acharya Kripalani, Aruna Asaf Ali, Achyut Patwardhan, Ram Manohar
Lohia, etc and was attracted to the socialism preached by these
leaders.
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