Safikur Rahman Raja was a final year student at Rajshahi University at that time and led the freedom fighters.

[6] Six fighters were captured by Pakistani army with the help of local collaborators (Rajakars) near the river port of Buruj on 29 November.

A guerrilla team consisting of 30 to 35 freedom fighters divided into four groups attacked the police station that night to free them.

Three fighters were killed while Sirajul Islam, alias Hanif Mridha, survived his wounds.

Safikur Rahman Raja hoisted the flag of independent Bangladesh at Tanore on 17 December.

A place of execution is located at Gollapara Bazaar in Tanore that bears the testimony of oppressions, tortures and atrocities done by autocratic Pakistan army.

Tanore had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 72.31%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1035 females per 1000 males.

The main crops are paddy, potato, wheat, maize, tomato, brinjal, onion and garlic.