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[[File:Tarun Ram Phukan 1977 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Tarun Ram Phukan on a 1977 stamp of India]]
'''Tarun Ram Phukan''' (also '''Phookun''', {{lang-as|তৰুণ ৰাম ফুকন}}; 22 January 1877 – 28 July 1939) was a prominent leader of [[Assam]]. He was popularly known as ''Deshbhakta''. He was educated in Cotton Collegiate School, Guwahati and [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]]. Later, he moved to the Bar from Inner Temple in [[London]]. He educated as a lawyer but also served as lecturer in Earle Law College in [[Guwahati]].<ref>[http://www.istampgallery.com/tarun-ram-phookun/ Tarun Ram Phookun]. istampgallery.com</ref>

He was a prominent member of a political organization then named Assam Association till 1920. Phookan played an important part in forming the Assam Branch of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1921. He was elected its first President. When the Non-Cooperation Movement was started, Phookan took a leading part in it and he toured various parts of Assam carrying the message of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. In connection with the Non-Cooperation Movement, he was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment in 1921.

Phookan became the Chairman of the Reception Committee, Pandu Session of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1926. He also served as Chairman of the Municipal Board and Local Board of [[Guwahati]] and undertook several programmes for the upliftment of the under-privileged sections of society. He established a Leper Asylum in [[Guwahati]]. He was a great orator and also a prominent writer. He served as the President of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]], a premier literary organisation in [[Assam]] at its Goalpara Session in 1927. He also served as President of the [[Assam Chhatra Sammelan]] in 1928. He also bought the first bicycle and the first motor car in Guwahati.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/KRK0RXCXQ03wsqgGi9t5iL/Guwahati-A-city-shaped-by-time-and-the-Brahmaputra.html|title=Guwahati: A city shaped by time, and the Brahmaputra|publisher=livemint.com}}</ref>

In 1921, [[Assam Provincial Congress Committee]] was formed with its headquarters at [[Guwahati]] and [[Kuladhar Chaliha]] as its president. Phookan became the president. The reconstituted APCC elected Phookan, [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]], [[Chandranath Sarmah]], [[Krishna Nath Sarmah]] and [[Kanak Chandra Sarmah]] as the members of the AICC. This new committee initiated and invited [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to [[Assam]] in 1921 to propagate the message of non-co-operation amongst the masses. [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s visit gave tremendous impetus to the congress workers to carry out the non-cooperation movement and implement the principles of [[Swadeshi]].

All India Congress Committee session was hosted by the [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee|APCC]] in 1926, at [[Pandu]], [[Guwahati]] which was presided over by [[S. Srinivasa Iyengar]] and national leaders like [[Motilal Nehru]], Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel, Dr.[[Rajendra Prasad]], [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Shaukat Ali]], [[Sarojini Naidu]], [[S. Satyamurti]], [[Abul Kalam Azad]] and others attended the session.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209000824/http://www.33rdnationalgames.nic.in/trphukan_indoor.htm Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phukan Indoor Hall, Guwahati]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120222161130/http://www.assampcc.org/history.asp Assam Pradesh Congress Committee]
* [http://www.cic.nic.in/cicwebpages/assam/dakhuakhana/freedom_fight.htm Freedom Fighters of Dhakuakhana Sub-Division ]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=qOqEsStmcQQC&dq=Tarun+Ram+Phukan&source=gbs_navlinks_s Among the luminaries in Assam ]
* [[Krishna Nath Sarmah]]

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