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{{Infobox person<br />
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| name = Dr. Laksman Jha<br />
| native_name = डा.लक्ष्मण झा<br />
| native_name_lang = Maithili<br />
| other_names = Lakhan Jha<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|09|05}}<br />
| birth_place = Rasiari Village, [[Darbhanga district]], Mithila region, Bihar<br />
| death_date = {{Death date|2000|01|22}}<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
| education = SOAS, University of London (PhD)<br />
| occupation = Freedom fighter, educator, intellect, and author<br />
| notable_works = <br />
| movement = India Freedom Movement and [[Mithila State Movement]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Dr. Laksman Jha''' (Maithili: डा. लक्ष्मण झा) was a distinguished freedom fighter from the Mithila region who actively participated in India’s independence movement. He later emerged as a pioneering activist in the campaign for a separate Mithila state. <ref>{{Cite web |title=लक्ष्मण झा की पुण्यतिथि पर संगोष्ठी आज - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/darbhanga-8802777.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=Demand for Mithilanchal: Why carving out a new state from Bihar may backfire |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/demand-for-mithilanchal-why-carving-out-a-new-state-from-bihar-may-backfire-1991442-2022-08-23 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life and education ==<br />
Dr. '''Laksman Jha''' was born on 5 September 1916 at Rasiari village of [[Darbhanga district]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2019-01-23 |title=मिथिला राज्यक प्रबल समर्थक छलाह डॉ. लक्ष्मण झा |url=https://mithilamirror.com/dr-lakshman-jha-death-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=मिथिला मिरर |language=en-US}}</ref> He was born in a [[Maithil Brahmin]] family. His father name was Kari Jha and mother was Kirti Devi.<br />
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He completed his primary education in his own village. Later he was admitted in Madhepur High School. His passed his secondary school examination in 1937 AD with first class. He was admitted in T N J college at [[Bhagalpur]] for intermediate courses. In 1939, he passed intermediate examination. In 1941, he completed graduation education in [[Sanskrit]] honours from [[Patna College]]. He was awarded gold medal for his outstanding performance in the result of the examination. Later Dr. Laksman Jha pursued his doctoral studies at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London]], where he earned a PhD for his thesis on [[doi:10.25501/SOAS.00033954|Mithilā and Magadha]] (700–1100 A.D.).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Vijay Deo Jha Mithila Research Society |url=http://archive.org/details/VicharChintamaniACollectionOfEssaysByLaxmanJhaEditedBySureshwarJha |title=Vichar Chintamani A Collection Of Essays By Laxman Jha Edited By Sureshwar Jha |date=2018-09-17}}</ref><br />
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== Indian Freedom Movement ==<br />
Dr. '''Laksman Jha''' started taking part in the [[Indian independence movement|freedom movement of India]] from age 11. Similarly he demonstrated against the [[Simon Commission]] and participated in the [[Salt March|Civil Disobedience Movement]] during 1930–31 at the age of 15. In 1942, when [[Rajendra Prasad]] was arrested by [[British Raj|British India government]], Laksman Jha was made the General Secretary of the Bihar State Movement Committee to lead the August Revolution. Under his leadership, after the incident of hoisting the flag on the Secretariat and the death of seven students in police firing, the whole of Bihar jumped into the August Revolution. He joined [[Quit India Movement|Bharat Chhodo]] movement for the freedom of India from the [[British Raj|British rule]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Mithila State Movement ==<br />
In 1952, Laksman Jha gave a new form to the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]-[[Maithili language|Maithili]] movement. He started a big movement for a [[Mithila (proposed Indian state)|separate Mithila state]] in India. Later he devoted and started working for Mithila-Maithili movement only.<ref name=":0" /> During the reorganization of states, he started a movement for a separate Mithila state.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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