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| image =
| caption = Dr. Shivpujan Rai
| birth_name = Shivpujan Rai
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|03|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sherpur, Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|08|18|1913|03|01|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| nationality =
| movement =
| organization= [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_names = Doctor Sahib
| known_for =Indian Independence movement
| occupation =[[Indian independence activists]]
}}
'''Dr. Shivpujan Rai''' was an Indian independence activist. During the 1942 [[Quit India Movement]], under Rai's leadership a group of independence fighters hoisted the tricolor [[flag of India]] at [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur|Mohammadabad]] Tehsil. In doing so Shivpujan Rai,
Rishishewar Rai, Vans Narayan Rai, Ram Badan Upadhyay, Raj Narayan Rai, Narayan Rai, Vashishtha Narain Rai and Bans Narain Rai sacrificed their life for India's independence on 18 August 1942. All of them are known as '''Ashta Shaheed''' (Eight Martyrs) of Sherpur.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ghazipur.nic.in/ghazifreedomstrugule.htm|title=Freedom fighters of Ghazipur}}</ref><ref>Ghazipur District Records; Chopra; P.N.:Quit India Movement of 1942, published in the ''Journal of Indian History'', Trivendrum, 1971.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.99798/2015.99798.The-Indian-Nation-In-1942#page/n147/mode/1up|title=The Indian Nation in 1942, Edited by Gyanendra Pandey, Digital Library of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.samaylive.com/editorial/324712/the-history-of-the-forgotten-martyrs-years-after-independence-farmers-neglected-son.html|title=शहीद, जिन्हें इतिहास ने भुलाया Sahara Samay}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ballialive.in/13208/bharat-singh-bjp-mp-in-the-house-of-pain-for-spills-sherpur/|title=संसद में छलका शेरपुर के लिए भरत सिंह का दर्द}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/sherpur-big-sacrifice-short-memory/|title=Sherpur: big sacrifice, short memory, A report by P. Sainath}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1865&lpg=RA1-PA1865&dq=Mohammadabad+Ghazipur+1942&source=bl&ots=Y80wFkQD3l&sig=Fu7x5_HpHZxDKh5LmjbresWatNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTwvfBj-jTAhUETY8KHSJRBjwQ6AEIWTAI#v=onepage&q=Mohammadabad%20Ghazipur%201942&f=false|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs VOL.I by P.N. Chopra}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://philamirror.info/2016/08/21/special-cover-on-martyrs/|title=Special Covers on Martyrs}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Dr. Shivpujan Rai was born in a [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] family in the year of 1913 in [[Sherpur, Ghazipur|Sherpur]] village of [[Ghazipur]] district.<ref>Ghazipur ke Ranbankurey, by Pradhyapak Achal, Bhasha Bharati Press, 1962, Varanasi</ref>

===Life as independence activist===
Shivpujan Rai was elected as General Secretary of District Congress Committee in 1942.<ref>Ghazipur District Records; Chopra; P.N.:Quit India Movement of 1942, published in the ''Journal of Indian History'', Trivendrum, 1971.</ref>

==Martyrdom at Mohammadabad==
During Quit India movement Dr. Shivpujan Rai led a group of young independence activists to tehsil head quarter at Mohammadabad and tried to hoist tricolour at tehsil building. He was warned by armed British officers but Shivpujan Rai moved forward with tricolour in hand. Tehsildar fired on him with his service revolver but the young freedom fighter didn't stop. After receiving five bullets in the chest he fell down and sacrificed his life in a very young age of 29 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urqvDQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1865&lpg=RA1-PA1865&dq=Mohammadabad+Ghazipur+1942&source=bl&ots=Y80wFkQD3l&sig=Fu7x5_HpHZxDKh5LmjbresWatNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTwvfBj-jTAhUETY8KHSJRBjwQ6AEIWTAI#v=onepage&q=Mohammadabad%20Ghazipur%201942&f=false|title=Who's Who of Indian Martyrs VOL.I by P.N. Chopra}}</ref>

==Legacy==

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