Ambikagiri Raichoudhury

Ambikagiri Raichoudhury (1885–1967) was an Assamese poet, lyricist, singer, powerful prose writer, news worker, magazine editor, patriotic, social-worker and the leading freedom fighter of India's freedom struggle.

After his primary education in Barpeta, he studied in class VIII of high English school in Guwahati.

He was the founder of "Asom Songrokhini Sobhaa"[5] (Assam Preservation Council) and "Axom Jaatiyo Mohasobhaa".

Among them were the formation of funds to facilitate the reading of poor students, the "Sankardeva Sarcharkas(শংকৰদেৱ চাৰ্কাচ)" organization, encouraging people to talk Assamese folk songs etc.

In his experience of the punishment suffered in the prison during the non-co-operation movement,[6] he composed songs of the struggle for freedom such as which greatly instills a lot of support to other fighters.

Raichoudhury himself took care to show Assamese society the path of self-establishment economically by opening the "Swadeshi Kinok Sangha (স্বদেশী কিনক সংঘ)" and establishing a business company called "Mayabini Chemical Works (মায়াবিনী কেমিকেল ৱৰ্কছ)".

In 1946-47, during the fear of including Assam to Pakistan, 'Assam Self-Defense Force' created by Assamese Hindu-Muslim united efforts, protesting against the formation of constituencies, declared a resolution to go on hunger strike.

He wrote a patriotic drama named Bandini Bharat (বন্দিণী ভাৰত) the script of which was intercepted by British Police in 1906.

The poet wishes for a life in which human beings can develop by putting away all the hypocrisy, lowness.