Jayaprakash Narayan

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Jayaprakash Narayan was an Indian independence activist and political leader renowned for his role in mass movements against colonial rule and later against authoritarianism, earning him the popular title "Lok Nayak" (People’s Leader).


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instanceOf Indian independence activist
human
political leader
social reformer
alias JP
Lok Nayak
awardReceived Bharat Ratna
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service
BharatRatnaYear 1999
burialPlace Gandhi Maidan, Patna
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1902-10-11
dateOfDeath 1979-10-08
educatedAt Ohio State University
Patna College
University of California, Berkeley
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin–Madison
fullName Jayaprakash Narayan
honorificTitle Lok Nayak
inspired formation of Janata Party government in 1977
knownFor call for Total Revolution in the 1970s
leadership in Indian independence struggle
leading mass movement against the Emergency in India
opposition to authoritarianism in India
languageSpoken English
Hindi
memberOf Congress Socialist Party
Indian National Congress
Janata Party
Praja Socialist Party
Socialist Party of India
movement Indian independence movement
Sarvodaya movement
Total Revolution movement
opposed Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi
participatedIn Civil disobedience against British rule
JP Movement
Quit India Movement
placeOfBirth Bihar NERFINISHED
Sitabdiara
placeOfDeath Bihar NERFINISHED
India
Patna
politicalIdeology Gandhian philosophy
democratic socialism
socialism
RamonMagsaysayAwardYear 1965
regionAssociatedWith Bihar NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
spouse Prabhavati Devi

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