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{{Infobox person
| name = Tyagbir <br/> Hem Barua
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| caption = Statue of Hem Baruah at [[Tyagbir Hem Barua College]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tezpur]], [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]], Assam
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|08|11|1893|04|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Guwahati]], Assam
| occupation = Indian independence activist, social worker and writer
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| education = B.A. (1919) <br/> B.L. (1925)
| alma_mater = [[Cotton College, Guwahati]]
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| movement = [[Indian independence activist]]
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| relatives = Gopal Chandra Barua <br/> Padmawati Barua
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'''Hem Barua''' ({{lang-as|হেম বৰুৱা}}; 25 April 1893 – 11 August 1945) was an Indian independence activist, social worker and writer from [[Sonitpur district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Assam]]. For his remarkable works to the people of Assam, he is called '''Tyagbir''' (ত্যাগবীৰ).

== Early life and education ==

Hem Barua was born on 25 April 1893 to Gopal Chandra Barua and Padmawati Barua at [[Tezpur]].<ref name="thbcollege">{{cite web | url=http://www.thbcollege.org/ | title=Tyagbir Hem Baruah College | publisher=thbcollege.org | accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref> He completed his high school education at "Barpeta H.S. School" in 1915. In 1919 he graduated with honours in English from [[Cotton College, Guwahati]]. In that period he was elected as G.S.{{clarify|date=November 2013}} to the Cotton College Student Union. During that period upon the call of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1921, he left college and participated in the [[Indian independence movement]] and went to prison for six months.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1347|accessdate=8 May 2013|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1347–}}</ref> Later in 1925 in [[Calcutta]] he completed his legal education.

== Other works ==
[[File:Statue of Hemchandra Barua at Tezpur.jpg|thumb|350px|Hem Bhawan and a statue of Hem Barua, Place: Tezpur, Assam]]

Barua was the president of the Golaghat convention of the Assam Chatra Sanmilan in 1919. He was also elected as secretary of the [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee]] in 1922. He went to jail again in 1930 and 1933.<ref name="thbcollege"/> [[Tezpur Academy]], a pioneer education institution of that time was built in Tezpur, his birthplace.

== Literacy works ==

''Congress Buranji'' and ''Bilatot Mohatma'' are books written by Barua. He also wrote articles for the [[Bahi (magazine)|Bahi]] magazine.

== Memorials & monuments ==

[[Tyagbir Hem Barua College]], set up in 1963, was named after him by the people of [[Jamugurihat]], which is situated in Naduar area in the Sonitpur district, in his honour.<ref name="thbcollege"/> A building known as '''Hem Bhawan''' or '''Hem Barua Hall''' situated in the midst of [[Tezpur]] Town area and in front of Tezpur Police Station is dedicated to him. A statue of Hem Baruah is also constructed in front of the hall.

== See also ==

* [[Tyagbir Hem Barua College]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=dec0209/City8 Compilation of articles on Tyagbir], Published News at The Assam Tribune.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=hTgxJ9Izl4UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indian+independence+movement+in+assam&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CUvcUM6tH42MrgeKv4CYBg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Hemchandra&f=false Assam in Indian Independence] By Arun Bhattacharjee
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=gZmusO1pWjUC&pg=PA147&dq=tyagbir&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_E7cUMGSOcSIrAf9y4D4Bw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=tyagbir&f=false Quit India Movement In Assam By Anil Kumar Sharma]

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