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	'''Prabhudayal Vidyarthi''' (1925 –1977), also known as, Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi, was a [[Freedom Fighter]], [[List of Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]],		'''Prabhudayal Vidyarthi''' (1925 –1977), also known as, Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi, was a [[Freedom Fighter]], [[List of Indian independence activists\|Indian independence activist]],
	[[Gandhism\|Gandhian]], [[Writer]], [[Social Worker]] and [[politician]]. He heard [[Thakkar Bapa]]'s public address, spreading [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s quest for "FREE INDIA", left home in search of Azaadi, aged barely 9/10 years, and became a close aide of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=JagranPandey>{{cite news\|last1=Pandey\|first1=Jeetendra\|title=Chacha Nehru Ki Bhanti Bapu Ko Pyare Thay Vidhyarthi\|url=http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/14112014/gorakhpur/m-13bas-pg2-0.png\|~~accessdate~~=9 February 2015\|work=Children Day Special-Bachche Man Ke Sachche\|agency=Jagran, Gorakhpur\|publisher=epaper.jagran.com\|date=14 November 2014}}</ref> He followed [[Thakkar Bapa]] from Uska, in [[siddharthnagar district]], to meet Gandhiji, who was perplexed to see such a young boy wanting to participate in “Indian Freedom Struggle” and allowed him to stay at 'Segaon', which later come to be known as [[Sevagram]]. [[Gandhi]] personally taught him.		[[Gandhism\|Gandhian]], [[Writer]], [[Social Worker]] and [[politician]]. He heard [[Thakkar Bapa]]'s public address, spreading [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s quest for "FREE INDIA", left home in search of Azaadi, aged barely 9/10 years, and became a close aide of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=JagranPandey>{{cite news\|last1=Pandey\|first1=Jeetendra\|title=Chacha Nehru Ki Bhanti Bapu Ko Pyare Thay Vidhyarthi\|url=http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/14112014/gorakhpur/m-13bas-pg2-0.png\|access-date=9 February 2015\|work=Children Day Special-Bachche Man Ke Sachche\|agency=Jagran, Gorakhpur\|publisher=epaper.jagran.com\|date=14 November 2014}}</ref> He followed [[Thakkar Bapa]] from Uska, in [[siddharthnagar district]], to meet Gandhiji, who was perplexed to see such a young boy wanting to participate in “Indian Freedom Struggle” and allowed him to stay at 'Segaon', which later come to be known as [[Sevagram]]. [[Gandhi]] personally taught him.

	Prabhudayal actively participated in [[Quit India Movement]], travelling widely across India, which is detailed in "Apni Baat", an account of his travels and hideouts.<ref name="archive.org">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.348676</ref><ref name="snapdeal.com">https://www.snapdeal.com/product/gandhi-ke-vidyarthi-prabhudayal-by/640600476219</ref> British had put and award of ₹5000 for his arrest<ref>https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-i-am-fortunate-to-have-found-prabhudayal-vidyarthis-student-kamala-sahni-21337332.html</ref> He was eventually asked to surrender by [[Gandhi]] and was finally arrested at [[Sevagram]] Wardha by the British, for “actively supporting and helping the underground organisation of the mass movement of August 8, 1942”,<ref> https://mobile.twitter.com/amerungta/status/1358856345127067656/photo/3</ref> the outset of [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=JagranPandey/> He was immediately put in isolation cell, questioned and tortured because of his participation in [[Quit India Movement]] and close association with [[Gandhi]] and other prominent leaders such as [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. Prabhudayal's condition at his release from jail was a telling story of what went behind bars and the same was published in the english daily, [[ The Hindustan Times]] on 4 November 1942. This was taken up with British Govt by [[Gandhiji]] on his release when he came back to Sevagram in dilapidated condition, as detailed in [[Gandhi]]'s correspondence with British, Page 371 letter no 686, LETTER TO SIR EVAN M. JENKINS<ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org">https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literature/mahatma-gandhi-collected-works-volume-88.pdf</ref> Fact that he was "Tortured" at Delhi Red Fort, was vehemently denied by the British. However, they categorically admitted that torture methods, as described by Prabhudayal were indeed correct and used at Lahore and Red Fort. "'Third degree methods' of physical/mental torture were deployed and continued to be used at Lahore and were certainly used at Delhi. For Delhi it also included some members of [[Indian National Army\|INA]] which has attempted to invade India under [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. A New Statesman letter in july 1945 accused the British of placing sadists above the law, as had Germany, and that Indian prison camps witnessed physical torture that bore comparison with Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Belson". [[Gandhiji]] had taken up cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi, [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] of the [[All India Forward Bloc]], an active member of INA and [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] with British Authorities and all claims/cases were refuted on "Point of Fact". In Prabhudayal's case, British relied more on testimony of Devdas, rather than Prabhudayal's physical state on his release from jail, to close the case, even though [[Devdas]] was never arrested with Prabhudayal or ever confined in [[Red Fort]]. The cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi and [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] are discussed in detail in book "South Asian Governmentalities", page 125 onwards, edited by Stephen Legg, Deana Heath.		Prabhudayal actively participated in [[Quit India Movement]], travelling widely across India, which is detailed in "Apni Baat", an account of his travels and hideouts.<ref name="archive.org">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.348676</ref><ref name="snapdeal.com">https://www.snapdeal.com/product/gandhi-ke-vidyarthi-prabhudayal-by/640600476219</ref> British had put and award of ₹5000 for his arrest<ref>https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-i-am-fortunate-to-have-found-prabhudayal-vidyarthis-student-kamala-sahni-21337332.html</ref> He was eventually asked to surrender by [[Gandhi]] and was finally arrested at [[Sevagram]] Wardha by the British, for “actively supporting and helping the underground organisation of the mass movement of August 8, 1942”,<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/amerungta/status/1358856345127067656/photo/3 {{Bare URL inline\|date=November 2021}}</ref> the outset of [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=JagranPandey/> He was immediately put in isolation cell, questioned and tortured because of his participation in [[Quit India Movement]] and close association with [[Gandhi]] and other prominent leaders such as [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. Prabhudayal's condition at his release from jail was a telling story of what went behind bars and the same was published in the english daily, [[The Hindustan Times]] on 4 November 1942. This was taken up with British Govt by [[Gandhiji]] on his release when he came back to Sevagram in dilapidated condition, as detailed in [[Gandhi]]'s correspondence with British, Page 371 letter no 686, LETTER TO SIR EVAN M. JENKINS<ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org">https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literature/mahatma-gandhi-collected-works-volume-88.pdf</ref> Fact that he was "Tortured" at Delhi Red Fort, was vehemently denied by the British. However, they categorically admitted that torture methods, as described by Prabhudayal were indeed correct and used at Lahore and Red Fort. "'Third degree methods' of physical/mental torture were deployed and continued to be used at Lahore and were certainly used at Delhi. For Delhi it also included some members of [[Indian National Army\|INA]] which has attempted to invade India under [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. A New Statesman letter in july 1945 accused the British of placing sadists above the law, as had Germany, and that Indian prison camps witnessed physical torture that bore comparison with Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Belson". [[Gandhiji]] had taken up cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi, [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] of the [[All India Forward Bloc]], an active member of INA and [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] with British Authorities and all claims/cases were refuted on "Point of Fact". In Prabhudayal's case, British relied more on testimony of Devdas, rather than Prabhudayal's physical state on his release from jail, to close the case, even though [[Devdas]] was never arrested with Prabhudayal or ever confined in [[Red Fort]]. The cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi and [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] are discussed in detail in book "South Asian Governmentalities", page 125 onwards, edited by Stephen Legg, Deana Heath.
	[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/f091DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA127&dq=prabhudayal+vidyarthi+gandhi] which must be read with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s letter exposing torture of Indian Freedom Fighters under British Rule<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?</ref><ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org"/><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/south-asian-governmentalities/40CE52065E18381F2EE503015FE9CE0B</ref> A postcard was issued by [[Sevagram]] Ashram to honour his arrest. He wrote his first book on [[Gandhi]] in jail term during [[Quit India Movement]]		[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/f091DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA127&dq=prabhudayal+vidyarthi+gandhi] which must be read with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s letter exposing torture of Indian Freedom Fighters under British Rule<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?</ref><ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org"/><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/south-asian-governmentalities/40CE52065E18381F2EE503015FE9CE0B\| title = South Asian Governmentalities}} </ref> A postcard was issued by [[Sevagram]] Ashram to honour his arrest. He wrote his first book on [[Gandhi]] in jail term during [[Quit India Movement]]

	After India's independence from British Rule, Prabhudayal returned to his village and started working with local villagers at Gandhi’s behest.<ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book\|author=Tushar A. Gandhi\|title="Let's Kill Gandhi !": A Chronicle of His Last Days, the Conspiracy, Murder, Investigation, and Trial\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-dsbNz7syQC&pg=PT90\|~~accessdate~~=9 February 2015\|date=1 January 2007\|publisher=Rupa & Company\|isbn=978-81-291-1094-7\|pages=90–}}</ref> He tried to convince local ''[[zamindar]]s'' (landlords) to help farmers get their land back. Many attempts to kill him were made as this did not go well with ''zamindars''. In 1951-52, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] asked him to contest in the first Indian General Elections, which got him elected to Uttar Pradesh Assembly.		After India's independence from British Rule, Prabhudayal returned to his village and started working with local villagers at Gandhi’s behest.<ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book\|author=Tushar A. Gandhi\|title="Let's Kill Gandhi !": A Chronicle of His Last Days, the Conspiracy, Murder, Investigation, and Trial\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-dsbNz7syQC&pg=PT90\|access-date=9 February 2015\|date=1 January 2007\|publisher=Rupa & Company\|isbn=978-81-291-1094-7\|pages=90–}}</ref> He tried to convince local ''[[zamindar]]s'' (landlords) to help farmers get their land back. Many attempts to kill him were made as this did not go well with ''zamindars''. In 1951-52, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] asked him to contest in the first Indian General Elections, which got him elected to Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

	He was the youngest member of [[Sevagram]] Wardha. He was also the youngest person ever elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] in the first Indian ~~general election~~.<ref name=JagranPandey/> He is widely known as "Purvanchal ke Gandhi" as he was the only person from Purvanchal (Eastern UP), to have lived with [[Gandhi]] and returned only after India had attained freedom.		He was the youngest member of [[Sevagram]] Wardha. He was also the youngest person ever elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] in the first Indian General Election. He was always elected opposite [[Madhav Prasad Tripathi]].<ref name=JagranPandey/> as a member of Assembly as he had changed the local agrarian eco-system by having set up a canal system for irrigation and other progressive measures as their representative. He is widely known as "Purvanchal ke Gandhi" as he was the only person from Purvanchal (Eastern UP), to have lived with [[Gandhi]] and returned only after India had attained freedom.

	Prabhudayal Vidyarthi never recovered from the torture he underwent at [[Red Fort]]. He died, aged 52, on 7 September 1977, due to heart failure at [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh.		Prabhudayal Vidyarthi never recovered from the torture he underwent at [[Red Fort]]. He died, aged 52, on 7 September 1977, due to heart failure at [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh.
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	==Work==		==Work==

	Vidyarthi wrote many articles and books on Gandhi and other leaders, the last being ''Devdoot Gandhi''. His work was mainly published by The Pustak Bhandar. His articles on general topics would regularly appear in ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[Harijan]]'', ''[[Balsakha]]'', and other publications.<ref>https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTc3NC0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://epustakalay.com/book/62292-devdoot-gandhi-by-prabhu-dayal-vidyarthi/</ref><ref>Book Devdoot Gandhi by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.321782</ref> His book "Gandhi Amrit Vani" is widely read and freely available online on different portals.<ref>name="archive.org"</ref> He also wrote a book on [[Mahadev Desai]], assistant to Gandhi, named ''Bapu ke Mahadev'' and ''Sevagram'' based on the Ashram life and {{transl\|hi\|Mahapurusho ki jeevan jhaki}} (महापुरुषों की जीवन झाँकी) . His work is available at [[Gandhi Heritage Portal]] archives.<ref> https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTQxOS0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref>		Vidyarthi wrote many articles and books on Gandhi and other leaders, the last being ''Devdoot Gandhi''. His work was mainly published by The Pustak Bhandar. His articles on general topics would regularly appear in ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[Harijan]]'', ''[[Balsakha]]'', and other publications.<ref>https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTc3NC0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://epustakalay.com/book/62292-devdoot-gandhi-by-prabhu-dayal-vidyarthi/</ref><ref>Book Devdoot Gandhi by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.321782</ref> His book "Gandhi Amrit Vani" is widely read and freely available online on different portals.<ref>name="archive.org"</ref> He also wrote a book on [[Mahadev Desai]], assistant to Gandhi, named ''Bapu ke Mahadev'' and ''Sevagram'' based on the Ashram life and {{transl\|hi\|Mahapurusho ki jeevan jhaki}} (महापुरुषों की जीवन झाँकी) . His work is available at [[Gandhi Heritage Portal]] archives.<ref name="gandhiheritageportal.org">https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTQxOS0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref>

	He also did translation work for [[C. F. Andrews]]. His work can be found in CIET archives and the National Library, New Delhi.<ref>Bibliographic Detail. Call No. H 181 ec 94.8. Author, Andrews, C. F.. Title, Dinabandhu ko sradhanjaliyam / C. F. Andrews ; edited by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi.</ref><ref>http://ciet.nic.in/archive_children_litre1.php?recordID=baa</ref><ref>Marwari Library marwarilibrary.com/LibraryBook.aspx?_bt=&_au...Author :Sanklankarta Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi Catalogue No.:24.139. Pravesh No.:12398. Category:Jiwanis.</ref> and Deenbandhu ko Shraddhajaliyan(दीनबन्धु को श्रद्धांजलियाँ)<ref~~>https://www.~~gandhiheritageportal.org/~~hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTQxOS0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref~~>		He also did translation work for [[C. F. Andrews]]. His work can be found in CIET archives and the National Library, New Delhi.<ref>Bibliographic Detail. Call No. H 181 ec 94.8. Author, Andrews, C. F.. Title, Dinabandhu ko sradhanjaliyam / C. F. Andrews ; edited by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi.</ref><ref>http://ciet.nic.in/archive_children_litre1.php?recordID=baa</ref><ref>Marwari Library marwarilibrary.com/LibraryBook.aspx?_bt=&_au...Author :Sanklankarta Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi Catalogue No.:24.139. Pravesh No.:12398. Category:Jiwanis.</ref> and Deenbandhu ko Shraddhajaliyan(दीनबन्धु को श्रद्धांजलियाँ)<ref name="gandhiheritageportal.org"/>

	"Banganga Barrage" and "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" (1953–56) were his initial contribution to help the farmers in the area. "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" was completed in three years. A 45 km canal was constructed to irrigate 23,000 acres of land, in conjunction with other extensive public work campaign resulting in construction of barrage and roads to connect villages etc. immediately after Independence. "Banganga Barrage" is a serene place and is known in his name as a tribute to him.<ref name="manvadhikarmedia.in">http://www.manvadhikarmedia.in/state/uttar-pradesh/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D/</ref>		"Banganga Barrage" and "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" (1953–56) were his initial contribution to help the farmers in the area. "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" was completed in three years. A 45 km canal was constructed to irrigate 23,000 acres of land, in conjunction with other extensive public work campaign resulting in construction of barrage and roads to connect villages etc. immediately after Independence. "Banganga Barrage" is a serene place and is known in his name as a tribute to him.<ref name="manvadhikarmedia.in">http://www.manvadhikarmedia.in/state/uttar-pradesh/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D/</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox person
|image = Prabhu_dayal_Vidyarthi.png
| birth_date = 1925 exact year not known
| birth_place = Jogiya Udaipur, Siddarthnagar, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_date = 7 September 1977
| death_place = Lucknow, UP
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Kamla (also a politician)
|children = Two daughters
}}
'''Prabhudayal Vidyarthi''' (1925 –1977), also known as, Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi, was a [[Freedom Fighter]], [[List of Indian independence activists|Indian independence activist]],
[[Gandhism|Gandhian]], [[Writer]], [[Social Worker]] and [[politician]]. He heard [[Thakkar Bapa]]'s public address, spreading [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s quest for "FREE INDIA", left home in search of Azaadi, aged barely 9/10 years, and became a close aide of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=JagranPandey>{{cite news|last1=Pandey|first1=Jeetendra|title=Chacha Nehru Ki Bhanti Bapu Ko Pyare Thay Vidhyarthi|url=http://epaper.jagran.com/epaperimages/14112014/gorakhpur/m-13bas-pg2-0.png|accessdate=9 February 2015|work=Children Day Special-Bachche Man Ke Sachche|agency=Jagran, Gorakhpur|publisher=epaper.jagran.com|date=14 November 2014}}</ref> He followed [[Thakkar Bapa]] from Uska, in [[siddharthnagar district]], to meet Gandhiji, who was perplexed to see such a young boy wanting to participate in “Indian Freedom Struggle” and allowed him to stay at 'Segaon', which later come to be known as [[Sevagram]]. [[Gandhi]] personally taught him.

Prabhudayal actively participated in [[Quit India Movement]], travelling widely across India, which is detailed in "Apni Baat", an account of his travels and hideouts.<ref name="archive.org">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.348676</ref><ref name="snapdeal.com">https://www.snapdeal.com/product/gandhi-ke-vidyarthi-prabhudayal-by/640600476219</ref> British had put and award of ₹5000 for his arrest<ref>https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-i-am-fortunate-to-have-found-prabhudayal-vidyarthis-student-kamala-sahni-21337332.html</ref> He was eventually asked to surrender by [[Gandhi]] and was finally arrested at [[Sevagram]] Wardha by the British, for “actively supporting and helping the underground organisation of the mass movement of August 8, 1942”,<ref> https://mobile.twitter.com/amerungta/status/1358856345127067656/photo/3</ref> the outset of [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=JagranPandey/> He was immediately put in isolation cell, questioned and tortured because of his participation in [[Quit India Movement]] and close association with [[Gandhi]] and other prominent leaders such as [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. Prabhudayal's condition at his release from jail was a telling story of what went behind bars and the same was published in the english daily, [[ The Hindustan Times]] on 4 November 1942. This was taken up with British Govt by [[Gandhiji]] on his release when he came back to Sevagram in dilapidated condition, as detailed in [[Gandhi]]'s correspondence with British, Page 371 letter no 686, LETTER TO SIR EVAN M. JENKINS<ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org">https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literature/mahatma-gandhi-collected-works-volume-88.pdf</ref> Fact that he was "Tortured" at Delhi Red Fort, was vehemently denied by the British. However, they categorically admitted that torture methods, as described by Prabhudayal were indeed correct and used at Lahore and Red Fort. "'Third degree methods' of physical/mental torture were deployed and continued to be used at Lahore and were certainly used at Delhi. For Delhi it also included some members of [[Indian National Army|INA]] which has attempted to invade India under [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. A New Statesman letter in july 1945 accused the British of placing sadists above the law, as had Germany, and that Indian prison camps witnessed physical torture that bore comparison with Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Belson". [[Gandhiji]] had taken up cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi, [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] of the [[All India Forward Bloc]], an active member of INA and [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] with British Authorities and all claims/cases were refuted on "Point of Fact". In Prabhudayal's case, British relied more on testimony of Devdas, rather than Prabhudayal's physical state on his release from jail, to close the case, even though [[Devdas]] was never arrested with Prabhudayal or ever confined in [[Red Fort]]. The cases of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi and [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] are discussed in detail in book "South Asian Governmentalities", page 125 onwards, edited by Stephen Legg, Deana Heath.
[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/f091DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA127&dq=prabhudayal+vidyarthi+gandhi] which must be read with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s letter exposing torture of Indian Freedom Fighters under British Rule<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?</ref><ref name="gandhiashramsevagram.org"/><ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/south-asian-governmentalities/40CE52065E18381F2EE503015FE9CE0B</ref> A postcard was issued by [[Sevagram]] Ashram to honour his arrest. He wrote his first book on [[Gandhi]] in jail term during [[Quit India Movement]]

After India's independence from British Rule, Prabhudayal returned to his village and started working with local villagers at Gandhi’s behest.<ref name="Gandhi2007">{{cite book|author=Tushar A. Gandhi|title="Let's Kill Gandhi !": A Chronicle of His Last Days, the Conspiracy, Murder, Investigation, and Trial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-dsbNz7syQC&pg=PT90|accessdate=9 February 2015|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-1094-7|pages=90–}}</ref> He tried to convince local ''[[zamindar]]s'' (landlords) to help farmers get their land back. Many attempts to kill him were made as this did not go well with ''zamindars''. In 1951-52, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] asked him to contest in the first Indian General Elections, which got him elected to Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

He was the youngest member of [[Sevagram]] Wardha. He was also the youngest person ever elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] in the first Indian general election.<ref name=JagranPandey/> He is widely known as "Purvanchal ke Gandhi" as he was the only person from Purvanchal (Eastern UP), to have lived with [[Gandhi]] and returned only after India had attained freedom.

Prabhudayal Vidyarthi never recovered from the torture he underwent at [[Red Fort]]. He died, aged 52, on 7 September 1977, due to heart failure at [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh.

==Work==

Vidyarthi wrote many articles and books on Gandhi and other leaders, the last being ''Devdoot Gandhi''. His work was mainly published by The Pustak Bhandar. His articles on general topics would regularly appear in ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[Harijan]]'', ''[[Balsakha]]'', and other publications.<ref>https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTc3NC0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref><ref>https://epustakalay.com/book/62292-devdoot-gandhi-by-prabhu-dayal-vidyarthi/</ref><ref>Book Devdoot Gandhi by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.321782</ref> His book "Gandhi Amrit Vani" is widely read and freely available online on different portals.<ref>name="archive.org"</ref> He also wrote a book on [[Mahadev Desai]], assistant to Gandhi, named ''Bapu ke Mahadev'' and ''Sevagram'' based on the Ashram life and {{transl|hi|Mahapurusho ki jeevan jhaki}} (महापुरुषों की जीवन झाँकी) . His work is available at [[Gandhi Heritage Portal]] archives.<ref> https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTQxOS0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref>

He also did translation work for [[C. F. Andrews]]. His work can be found in CIET archives and the National Library, New Delhi.<ref>Bibliographic Detail. Call No. H 181 ec 94.8. Author, Andrews, C. F.. Title, Dinabandhu ko sradhanjaliyam / C. F. Andrews ; edited by Prabhudayal Vidyarthi.</ref><ref>http://ciet.nic.in/archive_children_litre1.php?recordID=baa</ref><ref>Marwari Library marwarilibrary.com/LibraryBook.aspx?_bt=&_au...Author :Sanklankarta Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi Catalogue No.:24.139. Pravesh No.:12398. Category:Jiwanis.</ref> and Deenbandhu ko Shraddhajaliyan(दीनबन्धु को श्रद्धांजलियाँ)<ref>https://www.gandhiheritageportal.org/hi/ghp_booksection_detail/MTAwLTQxOS0z#page/1/mode/2up</ref>

"Banganga Barrage" and "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" (1953–56) were his initial contribution to help the farmers in the area. "Banganga Canal Major Irrigation Project" was completed in three years. A 45 km canal was constructed to irrigate 23,000 acres of land, in conjunction with other extensive public work campaign resulting in construction of barrage and roads to connect villages etc. immediately after Independence. "Banganga Barrage" is a serene place and is known in his name as a tribute to him.<ref name="manvadhikarmedia.in">http://www.manvadhikarmedia.in/state/uttar-pradesh/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D/</ref>

==Recognition==

A postcard with his picture was issued to honor him immediately by Sevagram, after his arrest in connection with "Quit India Movement".

The bridge on Farenda Naugarh-Barhni Shravasti Road, Siddharth Nagar, UP is named "Prabhu Dayal Vidyarthi Van Ganga Bridge" to honour his memory.<ref>https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1963826/</ref>

Jogia Pakdi Marg in Siddarth Nagar was named after Freedom Fighter "Prabhudayal Vidyarthi"<ref>https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-found-respect-streetstreet-student-name-18241179.html</ref>

A book "Purvanchal ke Gandhi Prabhudayal Vidayarthi" by Avinash Kumar Azad, was launched in "Kapilvastu Festival", Siddharth Nagar.
<ref>https://apnasiddharthnagar.com/prabhu-dayal-vidhyarthi-book/</ref><ref>https://www.indiatvno1.com/2018/12/blog-post_18.html</ref><ref>http://www.doordarshantv.com/2018/12/blog-post_39.html</ref>

Another book "Gandhi ke Vidyarthi" was compiled by Mrs Kamla Sahni giving insight into life of Freedom Fighter Prabhudayal Vidyarthi<ref name="snapdeal.com"/>

Prabhudayal Vidyarthi is still fondly remembered by people at his native place.<ref name="manvadhikarmedia.in"/><ref>http://kapilvastupost.com/prabhu-dayal-ki-punya-tithi-manai-gaee-sdr/</ref>
<ref>https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/sidharth-nagar-sp-meeting-18707883.html</ref><ref>http://newsfoxpost.com/mainNewsDetail.aspx?id=10019</ref>
<ref>https://circle.page/post/1307766</ref><ref>http://www.dainikvistar.com/NewsDetails.aspx?I=794</ref>

==References==
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[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mk5fYxst50]
[https://apnasiddharthnagar.com/prabhu-dayal-vidhyarthi-book/]
[https://www.exammaterial.com/2016/04/28/siddharthnagar-districtuttar-pradesh/]

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