Shaheed Smarak Patna
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The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on 15 August 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram in presence of Premier of Bihar Shri Krishna Sinha and his deputy Anugrah Narayan Sinha . The sculptor Devi Prasad Roychoudhury built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.[1]
Martyr's Memorial is now situated outside the Secretariat building in Patna.[2]
Background/List engraved names on Martyr's Memorial
During the height of Quit India Movement[3] in 1942, eminent Gandhian freedom fighter Shri Krishna Sinha and Dr. Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna, as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British. Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.
- Umakant Prasad Sinha (Raman Ji) – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Narendrapur, Saran
File:Martyr Umakant Prasad Sinha.jpg Martyr Umakant Prasad Sinha - Ramanand Singh – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar,(at present), Fazalchak Patna
File:Martyr Ramanand Singh.jpg Martyr Ramanand Singh - Satish Chandra Jha – Patna Collegiate School, class X, Kharhara, Banka
- Jagatpati Kumar – Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad
File:Martyr Jagatpati Kumar.jpg Martyr Jagatpati Kumar - Devipada Choudhry – Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur
File:Martyr Devipada Choudhary.jpg Martyr Devipada Choudhary - Rajendra Singh – Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran, Nayagaon, Bihar
File:Martyr Rajendra Singh.jpg Martyr Rajendra Singh - Ramgovind Singh – Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna
File:Martyr Ramgovind Singh.jpg Martyr Ramgovind Singh
See also
References
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- ↑ Shaheed Smarak. Mapsofindia.com (29 May 2013). Retrieved on 2018-12-26.
- ↑ भारत छोड़ों आंदोलन के दौरान 11 अगस्त को शहीद हुए थे जगतपति कुमार समेत आजादी के सात मतवाले. Vidyasagar1995.blogspot.in. Retrieved on 26 December 2018.
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