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- He was the president of the Bodo
Sahitya Sabha ('Bodo Literary
Union') in Assam, India.
- He opposed writing Bodo in
Roman script. Instead he advocated
the use of Devanagari for writing
Bodo, putting him at odds with
Christian Bodo groups, like the
National Democratic Front of
Bodoland.
- He also worked on peace efforts
between the Assam state government,
the Indian Government and various
Bodo groups.
- He was murdered by the NDFB in
Guwahati on August 19, 2000.
- The NDFB later claimed
responsibility for the act, charging
that Brahma had been 'an agent of
the Bharatiya Janata Party' and that
BSS was a front for the rival
militant group Bodo Liberation
Tigers."
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