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	'''Brajkishore Prasad''' (1877–1946) was a lawyer inspired by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] during the [[Indian Independence Movement]].		'''Brajkishore Prasad''' (1877–1946) was a lawyer inspired by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] during the [[Indian Independence Movement]].

	Born in a [[Kayastha]] family in Srinagar, [[Siwan district]], Prasad gained his early education in [[Chhapra]] and [[Patna]] before moving to [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]] in [[Calcutta]], where he completed his legal training.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date= ~~April 2018~~}}		Born in a [[Kayastha]] family in Srinagar, [[Siwan district]], Prasad gained his early education in [[Chhapra]] and [[Patna]] before moving to [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]] in [[Calcutta]], where he completed his legal training.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Umar4Ashraf\|date=2021-04-01\|title=Heritage Times - ब्रजकिशोर प्रसाद : स्वतंत्रता संग्राम का एक महानायक\|url=https://heritagetimes.in/brajkishore-prasad-siwan-1877-1946/\|access-date=2021-11-26\|website=Heritage Times\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	He married ~~Phool~~ Devi. He set up a legal practise in [[Darbhanga]] and had two sons, Vishwa Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad, more commonly known as SN Prasad, and two daughters, [[Prabhavati Devi]] and Vidyawati.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date= ~~April 2018~~}}		He married Phuljhari Devi. He set up a legal practise in [[Darbhanga]] and had two sons, Vishwa Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad, more commonly known as SN Prasad, and two daughters, [[Prabhavati Devi]] and Vidyawati.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Braj Kishore Prasad - the Forgotten Hero of Bihar - PatnaDaily\|url=https://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/features/8182-braj-kishore-prasad-the-forgotten-hero-of-bihar.html\|access-date=2021-11-26\|website=www.patnadaily.com}}</ref>

	He met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1915 and was inspired. He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the [[Champaran Satyagraha\|Champaran]] and [[Kheda Satyagraha\|Kheda]] Satyagraha, in which Gandhi handpicked [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite web		He met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1915 and was inspired. He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the [[Champaran Satyagraha\|Champaran]] and [[Kheda Satyagraha\|Kheda]] Satyagraha, in which Gandhi handpicked [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite web

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'''Brajkishore Prasad''' (1877–1946) was a lawyer inspired by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] during the [[Indian Independence Movement]].

Born in a [[Kayastha]] family in Srinagar, [[Siwan district]], Prasad gained his early education in [[Chhapra]] and [[Patna]] before moving to [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] in [[Calcutta]], where he completed his legal training.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}

He married Phool Devi. He set up a legal practise in [[Darbhanga]] and had two sons, Vishwa Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad, more commonly known as SN Prasad, and two daughters, [[Prabhavati Devi]] and Vidyawati.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}

He met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1915 and was inspired. He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the [[Champaran Satyagraha|Champaran]] and [[Kheda Satyagraha|Kheda]] Satyagraha, in which Gandhi handpicked [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/anugrah_narayan_sinha.htm
| title=Biography: Anugrah Narayan Sinha
|author=Kamat
| publisher=Kamat's archive
| access-date=2006-06-25
}}
</ref> along with him to successfully lead the movement. Gandhi was so impressed by Prasad's dedication that he set aside a full chapter on him in his autobiographical book, ''[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]'', called "The Gentle Bihari".{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}

Prasad remained at the forefront of the freedom struggle in [[Bihar]], and his collaboration with several colleagues was instrumental in the setting up of the Bihar Vidyapeeth.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} For the last ten years of his life he was severely infirmed, and died in 1946.<ref>[[s:The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part V/The Gentle Bihari]]</ref>

The National Book Trust, India, recently published a biography titled ''Braja Kishore Prasad: The Hero of Many Battles'', authored by Sachidanand Sinha..<ref name="BookTrust">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__9__national-biography__2762__braja-kishore-prasad.nbt|publisher=National Book Trust, India|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}

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