Jayaprakash Narayan (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or ''Lok Nayak'' (

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for "People's leader"), was an

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, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister

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, for whose overthrow he had called for a " total revolution". His biography, ''Jayaprakash,'' was written by his nationalist friend and the writer of

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Rambriksh Benipuri Ramavriksha Benipuri (, 23 December 1899 – 9 September 1968) was a freedom fighter, Socialist Leader editor and Hindi writer. He was born in a small village named Benipur in Muzaffarpur district in a Bhumihar Brahmin family in the Indian sta ...

. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the

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, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social service. Other awards include the

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for Public Service in 1965.

Early life

Jayprakash Narayan was born on 11 October 1902 in the village of Sitabdiara,

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, United Provinces,

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(present-day Saran district,

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, India). Sitabdiara is a large village, straddling two states and three districts — Saran and Bhojpur in

and

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. His house was near the banks of the flood-prone

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river. Every time the river swelled, the house would get a little bit damaged, eventually forcing the family to move a few kilometres away to a settlement which is now known as Jay Prakash Nagar and falls in Uttar Pradesh. He came from a Srivastava

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family. He was the fourth child of Harsu Dayal and Phul Rani Devi. His father Harsu Dayal was a junior official in the Canal Department of the State government and was often touring the region. When Narayan was 9 years old, he left his village to enroll in the seventh class of the collegiate school at Patna. This was his first break from village life. JP stayed at a student hostel—Saraswati Bhawan—in which most of the boys were a bit older. Among them were some of Bihar's future leaders including its first chief minister, Krishna Singh, his deputy

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and several others who were to widely become known in politics and academic world. In October 1918, Narayan married Braj Kishore Prasad's elder daughter Prabhavati Devi, a freedom fighter in her own right. After their wedding, since Narayan was working in Patna and it was difficult for his wife to stay with him, on the invitation of

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, Prabhavati became an inmate at

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(

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). Jayaprakash, along with some friends, went to listen to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad speak about the Non-co-operation movement launched by Gandhi against the passing of the

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of 1919. The Maulana was a brilliant orator and his call to give up English education was "like leaves before a storm: Jayaprakash was swept away and momentarily lifted up to the skies. That brief experience of soaring up with the winds of a great idea left imprints on his inner being". Jayaprakash took the Maulana's words to heart and left Bihar National College with just 20 days remaining for his examinations. Jayaprakash joined the Bihar Vidyapeeth, a college founded by

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and became among the first students of Gandhian Anugraha Narayan Sinha.

Higher education in the United States

After exhausting the courses at the Vidyapeeth, Jayaprakash decided to continue studies in the United States. At age 20, Jayaprakash sailed aboard the cargo ship ''Janus'' while Prabhavati remained at Sabarmati. Jayaprakash reached California on 8 October 1922 and was admitted to Berkeley in January 1923. To pay for his education, Jayaprakash picked grapes, set them out to dry, packed fruits at a canning factory, washed dishes, worked as a mechanic at a garage and at a slaughterhouse, sold lotions and taught. All these jobs gave Jayaprakash an insight into the difficulties of the working class. After a semester studying chemistry at UC Berkeley, Jayaprakash was forced to transfer to

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when fees at Berkeley were doubled. He was forced to transfer to many universities thereafter. He pursued his favourite subject, sociology, and received much help from Professor Edward Ross. In Wisconsin, Jayaprakash was introduced to

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's ''

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''. News of the success of the

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made Jayaprakash conclude that

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was the way to alleviate the suffering of the masses. He delved into books by Indian intellectual and Communist theoretician

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. His paper on sociology, ''Cultural Variation'', was declared the best of the year. He obtained M.A., Sociology from

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, and B. A., in Behavioral Science from

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Politics

Narayan returned from the US to India in late 1929 as a Marxist. He joined the

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on the invitation of

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in 1929;

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became his mentor in the Congress. He shared a house at ''Kadam Kuan'' in

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with his close friend and nationalist

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with whom he shared the most cordial and lasting friendship. He won particular fame during the

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movement. After being jailed in 1930 for

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against British rule, Narayan was imprisoned in

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Jail, where he met

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, Yusuf Desai, C K Narayanaswami and other national leaders. After his release, the

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, or (CSP), a left-wing group within the Congress, was formed with

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as president and Narayan as General secretary. When

launched the

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in August 1942, Yogendra Shukla scaled the wall of Hazaribagh Central Jail along with Jayaprakash Narayan, Suraj Narayan Singh, Gulab Chand Gupta,

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, Shaligram Singh and Shyam Barthwar, with a goal to start an underground movement for freedom. Many young socialist leaders like

, Chhotubhai Puranik,

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, etc. took part in underground movement. As Jayaprakash Narayan was ill, Yogendra Shukla walked to Gaya with Jayaprakash Narayan on his shoulders, a distance of about 124 kilometres. He also served as the Chairman of ''Anugrah Smarak Nidhi'' (Anugrah Narayan Memorial Fund). Between 1947 and 1953, Jayaprakash Narayan was President of

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, the largest labour union in the Indian Railways.

Bihar Movement and Total Revolution

Narayan returned to prominence in State politics in the late 1960s. 1974 ushered in a year of high inflation, unemployment and lack of supplies and essential commodities.

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Andolan movement of

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asked Jayaprakash to lead a peaceful agitation. Following Jayaprakash Narayan's call for social justice, and a demand for dissolution of the Bihar assembly. The Bihar government used brutal force to suppress the movement and on 18 March 1974, police fired on unarmed demonstrators and eight people were killed in police firing. On 8 April 1974, aged 72, he led a silent procession at Patna. As, Jayaprakash Narayan crossed the barricaded area followed by Satyendra Narain Sinha, Shyam Nandan Mishra, Digvijay Narayan Singh & B.R. Chandwar, the procession was

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d. On 5 June 1974, Jayaprakash addressed a large crowd at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. He declared, "This is a revolution, friends! We are not here merely to see the Vidhan Sabha dissolved. That is only one milestone on our journey. But we have a long way to go... After 27 years of freedom, people of this country are wracked by hunger, rising prices, corruption... oppressed by every kind of injustice... it is a Total Revolution we want, nothing less!" In 1974, he led the students' movement in the state of Bihar which gradually developed into a popular people's movement known as the

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. It was during this movement that JP gave a call for peaceful Total Revolution. Together with V. M. Tarkunde, he founded the Citizens for Democracy in 1974 and the

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in 1976, both NGOs, to uphold and defend civil liberties.

Emergency

Indira Gandhi was found guilty of violating electoral laws by the

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. Narayan called for Indira and the CMs to resign and the military and police to disregard unconstitutional and immoral orders. He advocated a program of social transformation which he termed ''Sampoorna kraanti'', "total revolution". Immediately afterwards, Gandhi proclaimed a national

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on the midnight of 25 June 1975. Desai, opposition leaders, and dissenting members of her own party were arrested that day. Jayaprakash Narayan attracted a gathering of 100,000 people at the Ramlila grounds and thunderously recited ''Rashtrakavi''

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's wonderfully evocative poetry: ''Singhasan Khaali Karo Ke Janata Aaati Hai''. Narayan was kept as ''detenu'' at

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even after he asked for one month parole to mobilise relief in flooded parts of Bihar. His health suddenly deteriorated on 24 October, and he was released on 12 November; diagnosis at

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, Bombay, revealed kidney failure; he would be on dialysis for the rest of his life. In the UK, Surur Hoda launched the "Free JP" campaign chaired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Noel-Baker for the release of Jayaprakash Narayan. Indira Gandhi revoked the emergency on 18 January 1977 and announced elections. The

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, a vehicle for the broad spectrum of the opposition to Indira Gandhi, was formed under JP's guidance. The Janata Party was voted into power and became the first non-Congress party to form a government at the centre. On the call of Narayan, many youngsters joined the JP movement.

Death

Narayan died in

, Bihar, on 8 October 1979, three days before his 77th birthday, due to effects of diabetes and heart ailments. In March 1979, while he was in hospital, his death had been erroneously announced by the Indian prime minister,

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, causing a grief wave of national mourning, including the suspension of parliament and regular radio broadcasting, and the closure of schools and shops. When he was told about the gaffe a few weeks later, he smiled.

Family

At the age of 17, Jayaprakash was married to Prabhavati Devi, daughter of lawyer and nationalist Brij Kishore Prasad in October 1919. Prabhavati was very independent and on Gandhi's invitation, went to stay at his ashram while Jayaprakash continued his studies. Prabhavati Devi died on 15 April 1973 after a long battle with cancer.

Awards

, 1999 (Posthumous) for Public Affairs: It is India's highest civilian award. *Rashtrabhushan Award of FIE Foundation,

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, 1965 for Public Service.

Sites named after Jayaprakash Narayan

* * The Patna Airport * On 1 August 2015, the Chhapra-Delhi-Chhapra Weekly Express was renamed as Loknayak Express in his honour. * JP Setu the Digha-Sonpur Bridge, a rail-road bridge across river

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* Jayaprakash Narayan Nagar (JP Nagar) a residential area in

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. * Jayaprakash Nagar (JP Nagar) a residential area in

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. * Lok Nayak Hospital (hospital in

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Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science National Forensic Science University, Delhi (Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science) is the Delhi Campus of the National Forensic Sciences University and an Institution of National Importance under the ...

(college in

) * JP University (University in Saran District)

Artistic depictions of JP

Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), '' Damul'' (1984), '' Mrityudand'' (1997), '' Ganga ...

directed a 112-minute film " Loknayak", based on the life of Jaya Prakash Narayan (JP).

Chetan Pandit Chetan Pandit is an Indian Bollywood film and television actor. He played the role of Jayaprakash Narayan in the Prakash Jha-directed film '' Loknayak'' in 2004. Filmography Film Television * '' Punar Vivah'' as Suraj Pratap Sindhia * '' K ...

played the role of JP in that film. * Achyut Potdar played role of JP in ABP News show

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and Aaj Tak Aandolan.

References

External links

A plea for the reconstruction of Indian polity

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