Krishna Bahadur Mukhia (Aged 91) was born on May 12, 1921, at Glenburn Tea Estate. He joined the British Army in 1942 as a mechanic. However, on February 15, 1942, he was taken as a prisoner of war by the invading Japanese forces and sentenced to jail in Japan.
When Subash Chandra Bose founded the Indian National Army, Krishna Bahadur was released by the Japanese, and he joined Bose’s struggle for Indian Independence. In 1943-44, he worked as Netaji’s driver, a job perhaps given to him because he was a mechanic. In 1944, while fighting against the British, his father was again captured near the Indo-Burma border and taken to Delhi, but he was later released.
On August 15, 1972, the Indian government conferred upon him a Tamra Patra (a copper plate) for his involvement in the freedom struggle, and he is one of the last freedom fighters in the hills. He died in Darjeeling on the night of September 13 2012 in his residence in Rockville Dham, where he was survived by three sons and two daughters.
Krishna Bahadur Mukhia
(1921 – 2012)- (Jharkhand)
Krishna Bahadur Mukhia (Aged 91) was born on May 12, 1921, at Glenburn Tea Estate. He joined the British Army in 1942 as a mechanic. However, on February 15, 1942, he was taken as a prisoner of war by the invading Japanese forces and sentenced to jail in Japan.
When Subash Chandra Bose founded the Indian National Army, Krishna Bahadur was released by the Japanese, and he joined Bose’s struggle for Indian Independence. In 1943-44, he worked as Netaji’s driver, a job perhaps given to him because he was a mechanic. In 1944, while fighting against the British, his father was again captured near the Indo-Burma border and taken to Delhi, but he was later released.
On August 15, 1972, the Indian government conferred upon him a Tamra Patra (a copper plate) for his involvement in the freedom struggle, and he is one of the last freedom fighters in the hills. He died in Darjeeling on the night of September 13 2012 in his residence in Rockville Dham, where he was survived by three sons and two daughters.
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