We are the Gorkhas of Assam

1/Helen Lepcha   Helen Lepcha alias Sabitri Devi (born 1902) was one of the most prominent freedom fighters from the hills of Darjeeling. Originally a resident of Kurseong, Dist. Darjeeling, she traced her lineage to Sikkim, which honours her as their very own. Around 1917, when a Bengali man has come to propagate Gandhi’s Charkha Movement, Helen, a fresh school-dropout, resonated deeply with his speech. She was so inspired that she took off to Calcutta in 1918, to get enrolled in the Charkha school of the granddaughter of Pt. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. A skilled learner, she soon got the opportunity to be a representative of the school in the National level Khadi and Charkha Exhibition in Muzzafarpur in Bihar.  AS HISTORY SHOWS, MANY MEN FROM THIS NORTHERN TERRAIN HAVE FOUGHT VALIANTLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NATION-STATE THEY WERE DESPERATE TO BELONG TO. BUT IT NEVER QUITE ACKNOWLEDGES THE BRAVERY OF THE MARTIAL HILL WOMEN, WHO TRIED TO MAKE GIANT GESTURES NO...

  Dalbir Singh Lohar ( Nepali दलबिर सिंह लोहार ) ,  unsung Indian  Gorkha freedom fighter, was a prominent political leader of Indian Freedom Movement from Assam. He was the first Indian Gorkha to win assembly election. Shri Dalbir Singh Lohar was a popular labour leader who closely worked with the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) as he was associated with the Assam Provincial Congress. He was also the President of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha Central from 1964 to 1968. Singh actively fought in the freedom movement of India. Dalbir Singh Lohar Dalbir Singh Lohar  joined the procession led by the Congress in 1921 during Gandhiji's visit at Dibrugarh in Assam. Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi visited Assam 4 (four) times. The first visit of Mahatma Gandhi took place in the year 1921 when he was invited by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) to propagate the message of non-cooperation in Assam. Dalbir Singh Lohar actively took part in Saty...