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<div>Pandit '''Sundarlal Sharma''' (21 December 1881 - 28 December 1940)<ref name="pssou">{{cite web |title=Pandit Sundarlal Sharma |url=http://pssou.ac.in/Pandit.aspx |publisher=[[Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University]] |access-date=17 April 2021 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000120/http://pssou.ac.in/Pandit.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Samman |url=https://cgculture.in/samman_front_list.aspx?id=b+BwWpMAMnob7ASQtTuUyg== |work=Directorate of Culture and Archaeology |publisher=[[Government of Chhattisgarh]] |access-date=17 April 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127154017/http://cgculture.in/samman_front_list.aspx?id=b+BwWpMAMnob7ASQtTuUyg== |url-status=live }}</ref> was a key figure in the independence movement from [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/independence-day-special-know-chhattisgarhs-jal-satyagraha-1502673246.html |url-status=live |title=Independence Day Special: Did you know of Chhattisgarh's Jal Satyagraha? |author1=Ashish Singh |author2=Shruti Chakraborty |publisher=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> He was largely responsible for ushering in political and social consciousness to Chhattisgarh. In 1920, he started the canal satyagraha, also known as the Nahar satyagraha, at a village called Kandel in Dhamtari Tehsil. Chhattisgarh has a [[Pandit Sundarlal Sharma (Open) University|university]] in the name of Pandit Sundarlal Sharma.<ref name="pssou" /><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Sundarlal Sharma was born in a village of Chandrasur near [[Raipur]] and spent most of his life in Raipur. He was under influence of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], and, in particular, he organized Gandhi's visit to Raipur in 1920. At the time, he has already been active in the local level politics, with the goal of implementing social reforms such as abolition of castes and integrating untouchables into society. Later, he entered politics at the national level and represented [[Madhya Pradesh]] in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was acquainted with the leading Indian reformers of the time, including Gandhi, [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], and [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]. <br />
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In 1920, Sharma started the [[Satyagraha|Kandel Nahar Satyagraha]] in Kandel, [[Dhamtari]]. This was an act of [[civil resistance]] against an [[Economy of India under the British Raj#Irrigation|irrigation tax]] by the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite book |title=January 2019 Exams Exclusive |author=Dheeraj Sharma |year=2019 |page=39}}</ref><br />
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In 1921-22 he was arrested by the authorities, which is considered to be the first arrest in Chhattisgarh related to the independence movement.<ref name="pssou"/><br />
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