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Narayan Bora of Gadmur village, Bokakhat,
was widely known as ‘Assam’s Mahatma Gandhi’, as he followed Mahatma
Gandhi’s philosophy, his dressing manner, and walking postures. He used
to serve in the Indian Army and after witnessing the atrocities of World
War II he was devastated and
became attracted towards the Gandhian philosophy. He not only followed
the Gandhian philosophy he also started to follow every behavior and
habits of Gandhi, quit non- vegetarian food, used to wear only hand woven
clothes and he also used to wear a clock around his
waist. He also acknowledged the intrinsic values of the Gita and
possessed strange similarities with Mahatma Gandhi. Narayan Bora passed
away at the age of 68 in 2003.
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