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Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (3 March 1920 – 16 January 2006), known as Sher-e-Bihar, and Ramlakhan Babu, was an Indian freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, and politician. His political journey, which spanned more than 50 years, began in the post-independence era as a member of the Zilla Parishad in 1947 and reached its peak with his appointment as a Union Minister in the Central Government in 1994. He was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, Indian Parliament, from the Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency), Arrah in 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. He later joined the Indian National Congress, Congress under controversial circumstances which helped save Narasimha Rao Government during Motion of no confidence in India, no confidence vote on 28 July 1993. He also served as the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Narasimha Rao Government. He served as a multi-term Member of the Bihar Legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrah (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Arrah (formerly Shahabad) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar, India. It is a part of the Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district and comprises seven Assembly constituencies: Sandesh Assembly constituency, Sandesh, Barhara Assembly constituency, Barhara, Arrah Assembly constituency, Arrah, Agiaon Assembly constituency, Agiaon (SC), Tarari Assembly constituency, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency, Jagdishpur and Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency, Shahpur. About In 1977, the erstwhile Shahabad, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency, Shahabad Lok Sabha constituency was renamed as Arrah Lok Sabha. Social equation The constituency was represented by only two parliamentarians till 1980. Bali Ram Bhagat, who hailed from Yadav caste and Chandradeo Prasad Verma, who was a member of Kushwaha (Koeri) caste were the parliamentarians, who had the distinction of getting elected from this seat for multiple times. After these two parliamentarians, the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Lok Sabha
The 10th Lok Sabha, (20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996) elected during 1991 Indian general election held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India, four sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 10th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1991. P V Narasimha Rao of Indian National Congress became the Prime Minister of India from 21 June 1991 till 16 May 1996, after INC won 244 seats, 47 more than previous 9th Lok Sabha. The next 11th Lok Sabha was constituted on 15 May 1996, after 1996 Indian general election. Important members * Speaker: **Shivraj Patil from 10 July 1991 to 22 May 1996 * Deputy Speaker: ** S. Mallikarjunaiah from 13 August 1991 to 10 May 1996 *Secretary General: ** K. C. Rastogi from 20 June 1991 to 31 December 1991 ** C K Jain from 1 January 1992 to 31 May 1994 ** R.C. Bhardwaj from 31 May 1994 to 31 December 1995 ** S.N. Mishra from 1 January 1996 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or direct rule in India. * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, which were collectively called ''Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India'', and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British British paramountcy, paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patna College
Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which was established in 1863 during the British Raj. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, arts and commerce as well as some vocational courses like BBA, BMC and BCA. The college is affiliated to Patna University. It is also considered to be the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar. History Patna College is the oldest institution of higher education in Bihar. Nearly every major college of Patna- Patna Law College, Engineering College ( National Institute of Technology, Patna at present), Patna Science College and Vanijya Mahavidyala, has their roots from this college. Patna College was established on 9 January 1863, during the British Raj. After the split-up of old Patna University into Patna University and Bihar University on 2 January 1952, the institution saw a significant shift. Until January 1952, the college was a government college and it functioned as an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shri Krishna Sinha
Shri Krishna Singh (Sinha) (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961), also known as Shri Babu, was the first List of chief ministers of Bihar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–61). Except for the period of World War II, Sinha was the chief minister of Bihar from the time of the first Congress Ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961. He led the Dalit entry into the Vaidyanath Temple, Deoghar, Baidyanath Dham, Deoghar. He was the first chief minister in the country to abolish the zamindari system. He was imprisoned for a total of about eight years in British India. He held mass meetings at which he spoke. He was known as ''Bihar Kesari'' for his "lionlike roars" in public speaking. The former President of India, Pratibha Patil, released a book on the letters of exchange between Sinha and prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru titled ''Freedom and Beyond''. The correspondence between Nehru and Sinha touches on subjects such as Indian democracy in the making in the early yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swadeshi Movement
The Swadeshi movement was a self-sufficiency movement that was part of the Indian independence movement and contributed to the development of Indian nationalism. Before the BML Government's decision for the partition of Bengal was made public in December 1903, there was a lot of growing discontentment among the Indians. In response the Swadeshi movement was formally started from Town Hall at Calcutta on 7 August 1905 to curb foreign goods by relying on domestic production. Mahatma Gandhi described it as the soul of swaraj (self-rule). The movement took its vast size and shape after rich Indians donated money and land dedicated to Khadi and Gramodyog societies which started cloth production in every household. It also included other village industries so as to make village self-sufficient and self-reliant. The Indian National Congress used this movement as arsenal for its freedom struggle and ultimately on 15 August 1947, a hand-spun Khadi tricolor Ashoka Chakra Indian flag wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian independence movement, campaign for India's independence from British Raj, British rule. He inspired movements for Civil rights movements, civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific ''Mahātmā'' (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in Union of South Africa, South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world. Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. Here, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar National College
Bihar National College is a constituent unit of Patna University. It is a multi-faculty college and offers courses in Science, Humanities, and Arts at graduate level. It is a post-graduate college but post-graduate teaching has been stopped for many years due to an insufficient number of teachers. At present there are 42 faculty members. History Bihar National College came into being with its status raised to second grade college in year 1889 by the government baba canto and tobakachi father. It was founded as a high school by Babu Bisheshwar Singh in 1883. Later it was raised to the status of B.A. degree level in 1907 imparting degrees both in arts and science. Kantroop is khas of Canto. Campus The college is situated in central Patna close to Gandhi Maidan with the river Ganges The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Vardhan Yadav
Jai Vardhan Yadav (alias Bachcha Yadav; born 27 July 1978) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Paliganj assembly. Yadav started his political career in 2005 from Raghopur assembly as a member of Indian National Congress party but lost. In 2015 he was elected Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. He is a grandson of Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav. He left the Rashtriya Janata Dal on 20 August 2020 and same day joined Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ... in the presence of cabinet minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav. References People from Patna Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 1978 births Living people Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Janata Dal (United) politicians Indian Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Indian Independence Activists
The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by individuals and organizations from a wide spectrum of society to obtain political independence from the British, French and Portuguese rule through the use of many methods. This is a list of individuals who notably political campaign, campaigned against or are considered to have campaigned against colonial rule on the Indian sub-continent. Post-independence, the term "freedom fighter" was officially recognized by the Government of India, Indian government for those who took part in the movement; people in this category (which can also include dependent family members) receive pensions and other benefits such as Special Railway Counters. List A B C D F G H I J K L M P R S T U V See also *:Indian revolutionaries Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Independence Activists Lists of Indian people India history-related lists Indian independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyendra Narayan Sinha
Satyendra Narayan Sinha (12 July 1917 – 4 September 2006) was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘ ''complete revolution''’ movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called ''Chhote Saheb'', he was also a seven-time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad constituency, a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once. Regarded to be one of India's most influential regional people of the time, his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster. Background Sinha was born in an aristocratic political family in Poiwan, Aurangabad district, Bihar. He belonged to the Rajput caste. His father was a nationalist leader, Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, who closely assisted Mahatma Gandhi along with Dr.Rajendra Prasad in the Champaran Satyagraha movement, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Ballabh Sahay
Krishna Ballabh Sahay (31 December 1898 – 3 June 1974), popularly known as K. B. Sahay, was an Indian freedom fighter, who after Indian independence became the revenue minister of Bihar and then the fourth Chief Minister of unified Bihar. Early life Krishna Ballabh Sahay (born as Prasad) , popularly known as ''K B Sahay'' was born to an Ambashtha Kayastha Hindu family on 31 December 1898 in Sheikhpura district of Bihar. He was the eldest son of Munshi Ganga Prasad, who served as a Darogha under British Rule British Raj at Padma Hazaribagh. In 1919, he graduated with first class in B.A. Hons. English from St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh then affiliated to Calcutta University. Awards He was awarded the ''Sir Edward Albert Gait's Gold Medal'' from the then Governor of Bihar and Orissa Sir Edward Gait for his excellence in English Language for his coherence & cohesion. His works are kept in Bihar Assembly. Indian National Congress Pays their tributes to Sahay every year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
