Career
Shahid Sachindra Paul Road in Silchar is named in his memory. Sachindra Chandra born in the village of Madanpur, under Nabiganj police station in the Habiganj sub-division of the undivided Sylhet district in the year 1942, to Gopesh Chandra Pal. During the Partition, their family migrated to Silchar and settled in the town.
Sachindra attended the Cachar High School in Silchar and appeared for the secondary examinations in 1961.
The very next day after the matriculation exams, a satyagraha was being organized at the Tarapur railway station in Silchar demanding Bengali as the medium of education. Sachindra joined the satyagraha.
The rail blockade programme passed off peacefully in the morning. However, in the afternoon at around 2-30 Prime Minister, a truck carrying arrested satyagrahis were passing by, when suddenly it was set on fire.
When the satyagrahis protested, the military personnel posted at the site started firing indiscriminately killing Sachindra.