God has selected him to be the only one among the thousands of prisoners to give the supreme sacrifice for the country. Kushal spent his remaining days in the death row cell of Jorhat jail in prayers and reading the Gita. Martyrdom At dawn on 15 June 1943 at 4:30 am, Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat Jail. He sacrificed his life knowing as Mahatma said: "He alone can be a true satyagrahi who knows the art of living and dying." Family Kushal Konwar married Prabhawati while young and had two sons, Khagen and Nagen. Both sons have died. His late elder son Khagen Konwar had a wife, five sons and five daughters who are still alive. The late Nagen Konwar's family wife and two sons are also still alive and live in Guwahati. References External links Kushal Konwar: The Only Martyr to be Hanged in 1942. (2005). Government of Assam, translated from Assamese into English by Jolly Saikia Gogoi Kushal Konwar or Swahid Kushal Konwar or Martyr Kushal Konwar. Assam Info. 1905 births 1943 deaths Indian anti-war activists Indian rebels People from Golaghat Indian independence activists from Assam People executed by British India by hanging