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Contribution of students of Bihar in freedom movement

Today in this article we are going to tell you about the contribution of the students of Bihar in the freedom movement.

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Contribution of students of Bihar in the freedom movement

During the days of the Indian independence movement, youth power was organized for the propagation of the ideas of success in the educational institutions of Bihar. With the help of teachers, the students of Bihar stepped on the path of agitation. However, the British tried to suppress the movement and rebellion by making new strict rules on educational institutions and students.

Saraswati Academy was established in Darbhanga in 1901 in a thatched house. The academy (school) was the center of patriotism's education. Kamleshwari Charan Sinha, Braj Kishore Prasad, Harnandan Das, Satish Chandra Chakraborty were associated with the Academy. In 1906, Shri Krishna Singh and Shri Tejashwi Prasad founded the Bihar Student Conference. Both of them were influenced by Surendranath Banerjee.

Rajendra Prasad came in contact with freedom lovers during his studies from Kolkata. For this purpose, the Servants of India Society was established in Kolkata. Babu Ramdayalu Singh of Muzaffarpur and Krishna Prasad of Munger, a student of law, were influenced by this society.

During his visit to Champaran, Gandhiji established a school in the village of Badharwa Lakhansen in Champaran in 1917. A generous person from the village named Shiv Ghulam Lal donated his house for the school. In 1919, there was a strike in Champaran under the leadership of the headmaster of Gandhi School.

On 6th April, 1919, a huge meeting was held under the leadership of Rajendra Prasad, Mazharul Haq etc. in the Qila Maidan of Patna City, in which most of the students of Patna were present. Syed Mohammad Sher, a student of Patna Law College and Abdul Bari, a student of BN College, left the college in October 1920 and started roaming around to awaken the public.

By the end of 1920 AD, students of various colleges and schools in Patna had left their studies. Arrangements were made for some students to stay at Sadaqat Ashram in Patna. The students of Bhumihar Brahmin Collegiate School in Muzaffarpur were also quite agitated. Gandhiji appealed to the students to leave the schools and colleges and participate in the freedom struggle.

40 students of TN J College, Bhagalpur participated in the non-cooperation movement. Non-cooperation had a strong effect on educational institutions like North Bukr District School in Darbhanga, Watson School in Madhubani, Hajipur High School and Bagaha Middle School. Rajendra Babu resigned from the membership of Senate and Syndicate of Patna University.

Muzaffarpur's B.B. The Collegiate School, Saraswati Academy of Darbhanga, the Collegiate School at Chapra and one school at Gaya were converted into National School and operated in a purely national manner. The 16th session of the Bihar Students' Conference was held in Hazaribagh on October 1921. This session was presided over by Mrs. Sarla Devi.

In 1928, the Bihari Students' Conference was organized in Motihari under the leadership of Prof. Gyan Sahay of Bihar Yuvak Sangh. The British government considered the program sahib to be a revolutionary of extremist ideology. Sardar Patel came to Bhagalpur in 1929 on the invitation of the students. In 1930, with the efforts of the students of Nalanda College, a branch of Yuvak Sangh was established in Bihar Sharif.

In 1931, the 24th conference of Bihari students was held in Arrah, in which it was decided to work to get the cooperation of the villagers. In 1940, students participated in the Independence Day celebrations at many places in Bihar. Students of many colleges were severely punished for celebrating Independence Day.

Communist student leaders like Ali Ashraf and Sunil Mukherjee of Munger were imprisoned. In protest against the arrest of Jayaprakash Narayan, on March 14, 1940, Jayaprakash Day was celebrated in the entire province. He was released from jail on 22 April 1946 due to continuous protests, demonstrations, agitations. A student conference was organized in Darbhanga in April 1940.

On November 16, 1940, under the auspices of the Students Union, anti-repression day was celebrated by the students in Patna, Muzaffarpur Darbhanga. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna delivered the inaugural address at the Bihar Provincial Conference in August 1941. At the time of the August Revolution of 1942, students of BN College took out a procession and flags were hoisted over the buildings and hostels of institutions like Engineering College, Patna Running College, Science College etc.

The students also formed a secret organization called Bihar Kendriya Chhatra Parishad. The students' movement did not end even after several drastic actions of the government. After 1942-43, many students of Bihar became popular as national level leaders all over India.