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'''Chittu Pandey''' (10 May 1865 – 1946), popularly referred to as the ''Sher-e Ballia'' (Lion of Ballia), was an [[India]]n [[Indian independence movement|independence]] activist and revolutionary.<br />
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Pandey was born in Rattuchak, a village in [[Ballia District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in a Bhumihar Brahmin family.<br />
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A distinguished independence activist, he led the [[Quit India Movement]] in [[Ballia]]; described as the "Tiger of Ballia" by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art24/aug.htm |title=August Kranti : Ballia |access-date=8 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027173636/http://geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art24/aug.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he headed the National Government declared and established on 19 August 1942 for a few days before it was suppressed by the [[United Kingdom|British]]. The parallel government succeeded in getting the [[District collector|Collector]] to hand over power and release all the arrested Congress leaders.<ref>Book- India's Struggle for Independence by [[Bipan Chandra]]</ref> But within a week, soldiers marched in and the leaders had to flee. He used to call himself a [[Gandhism|Gandhian]].<br />
There is a crossroads also on the name of Chittu Pandey.<br />
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:People from Ballia district]]<br />
[[Category:1865 births]]<br />
[[Category:1946 deaths]]</div>2409:4063:6D00:A779:5044:DB20:B0F7:7514