ICGS Kanaklata Barua FAST Patrol Vessel

ICGS Kanaklata Barua FAST Patrol Vessel
Source : Indian Express
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What is discussed under ICGS Kanaklata Barua FAST Patrol Vessel ?

A FAST Patrol Vessel (FPV) named ICGS Kanaklata Barua was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard on in Kolkata.

It is named after a teenage freedom fighter who was shot dead in Assam during the Quit India Movement.

It is the fifth and last in a series of FPVs built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd.
The other four are
1. ICGS Priyadarshini (named after Indira Gandhi),
2. ICGS Annie Besant,
3. ICGS Kamala Devi (after Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay)
4. ICGS Amrit Kaur.
These FPVs are upgraded versions of the inshore patrol vessels with a modified form of the hull and can achieve a speed of 34 knots.
In the Coast Guard these FPVs and their earlier versions belong to the Rajashree class of patrol vessels.
It is used for
- Patrolling,
- Maritime surveillance,
- Anti-smuggling,
- Anti-poaching operations
- Fishery protection, and rescue and search missions.
These FPVs are medium-range surface vessels with a length of around 50 m, and a displacement of over 300 tonnes.

One of the youngest martyrs of the Quit India Movement, Kanaklata Barua has iconic status in Assam.
Also called called Birbala and Shaheed
During the Quit India Movement Barua joined the Mrityu Bahini, a death squad comprising groups of youth from the Gohpur sub division of Assam.
- Bahini decided it would hoist the national flag at the local police station and a procession of unarmed villagers were led by Barua.
- Barua was shot during the firing at the age of 17.

British Government in its continued effort to secure Indian cooperation in WW II sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India on 23 March 1942.
Recommendations of Stafford Cripps
- Dominion Status to India
- Porotection of minorities
- Setting up of a Constituent Assembly including princely states and British Provinces.
- Those who disagree with constitution had the power to frame its own.
The major political parties of the country rejected the Cripps proposals.
- Gandhi called Cripp’s proposals as a “Post-dated Cheque”.
Failure of the Cripps Mission and threat from Japanese invasion of India led Mahatma Gandhi to begin his campaign for the British to quit India, the Quit India Movement.
On 8 August 1942 and passed the famous Quit India Resolution by All India Congress Committee.
- Gandhi gave his call of do or die.
Most of the leaders were arrested and the huge mass participated becomes leaderless.
The prominent leaders are leadership was provided by Ram Manohar Lohia, Achyuta and S.M. Joshi.
- Jayaprakash Narain in this movement was important.
At least 7,000 people were killed.
This movement paved the way for India’s freedom that aroused among Indians the feelings of bravery, enthusiasm and total sacrifice.

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