Com Samir Paul was born in 1969 and he was martyred in the year 1983. He was a son of Sri Ganesh Kanti Paul and Mrs. Meena Paul of Pandu, Guwahati, Assam. Com Paul was a BCom student and an activist of the SFI. He was a student of Gauhati Commerce College. He thoroughly involved himself in the election campaign in favour of the left-democratic forces. The secessionist forces had dubbed these elections as the 'illegal election of 1983'. The secessionist forces opposing that election brutally killed Com Paul. In the evening of 20th February 1983, Com Samir Paul and Com Tapan Datta, both members of SFI, were stabbed at Maligaon. Com Samir succumbed to this brutal attack.