Lal Pingla Nath Shahdeo (3 January 1930 – 10 January 2012) was an Indian jurist and political activist. He had led the movement for a separate Jharkhand state in 1998–99 by forming committee of all political parties. He helped in achieving the status of a separate state for

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Early life and education

He was born on 3 January 1930 in a

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royal family in Kaamta village of

Latehar district Latehar district is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Latehar town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is part of Palamu division. Latehar district is situated on longitude 84° ...

Bihar and Orissa Province Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India, which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of Odisha. The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were governed by the then ...

(now

). He completed his primary education in a government school and matriculation from Balkrishna High school in Ranchi. After graduation from

Ranchi College Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, formerly Ranchi College, is a state university located in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It is named after the Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. It was established as a college in 1926 and upgraded to ...

, he completed his study of law in 1954. His Late Wife was Smt. Prabha Shahdeo and they are survived by 5 children - Mrs. Sangita Singhdeo, Mrs. Kriti Singh, Mrs. Babita Singh, Mrs Shilpi Singhdeo and Pratul Shahdeo.

Career

Lal Pingley Nath Shahdeo joined judicial services in 1958 and his first posting was at post of munsif in

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. He became the first person of Jharkhand to become a judge in the High Court. He became the district and session judge of

Dhanbad Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and a major financial hub of Jharkhand. In terms of economy, Dhanbad has the largest economy in the state of Jharkhand and it is often referred to as th ...

in 1989. He was the judge at Ranchi bench of Patna High Court from 1986 to 1992. He was a supporter of separate state since long. In 1992, after retiring from High Court, he started supporting the movement on public platforms, through his writings in local newspapers and helping in legal issue. He led the movement in 1998-99, when the movement was falling apart. In 1998, the

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decided to send the Bill concerning formation of Jharkhand State to

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

to which

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had said that the State would be divided over his dead body.

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, JMM, AJSU,

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, a total of 16 political parties came in one platform and formed 'All Party Separate State Formation Committee' to start the movement. Justice Shahdeo was elected as the convener of the committee. The voting on Jharkhand Act was to be done on 21 September 1998 in Bihar legislation. On that day, the committee under the leadership of Justice Shahdeo called for Jharkhand Bandh and organised a protest march. Thousands of supporters of separate state took to streets in leadership of Justice Shadeo by the slogan of ''Pehle mati, fir Party''. He was arrested and detained in kotwali police station for hours along with many supporters.

Death

He died on 10 January 2012 at the age of 82.

References

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