Background
Hem Barua was born on 25 April 1893 to Gopal Chandra Barua and Padmawati Barua at Tezpur.
Hem Barua was born on 25 April 1893 to Gopal Chandra Barua and Padmawati Barua at Tezpur.
He completed his high school education at "Barpeta High School School" in 1915. In 1919 he graduated with honours in English from Cotton College, Guwahati.
Foreign his remarkable works to the people of Assam, he is called Tyagbir (ত্যাগবীৰ). In that period he was elected as Gordhandas Sunderdas to the Cotton College Student Union. During that period upon the call of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921, he left college and participated in the Indian independence movement and went to prison for six months.
Later in 1925 in Calcutta he completed his legal education.
Tyagbir Hem Barua College, set up in 1963, was named after him by the people of Jamugurihat, which is situated in Naduar area in the Sonitpur district, in his honour. A building known as Hem Bhawan or Hem Barua Hall situated in the midst of Tezpur Town area and in front of Tezpur Police Station is dedicated to him.
A statue of Hem Baruah is also constructed in front of the hall.