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Freedom fighter dead

JAIPUR: Freedom fighter and senior journalist Ramachandra Bora died here on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 85.

He is survived by three sons who include Rajendra Bora, senior journalist with Dainik Bhaskar, Jaipur.

Mr. Bora’s family belonged to Jodhpur where he was caught and jailed for eight years during the country’s freedom struggle for his role in the Jodhpur bomb case. Later he joined the Rajasthan Government’s Directorate of Public Relations and retired as Deputy Director. After retirement he worked for the Press Trust of India, The Times of India and The Statesman.

In his younger days Mr. Bora was associated with M. N. Roy’s radical humanist movement in Jodhpur.

He was cremated with State honours at the Lal Kothi crematorium here on Friday in the presence of a large number of people.

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