Chabilal Upadhyaya (छबिलाल उपाध्याय) | |
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| Born | 12 May 1882 |
| Died | 24 January 1980 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Chabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu. |
| Occupation | Political leader of Assam |
| Political party | Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
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Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was born on 12 May 1882 at Budhigang (Undivided Darrang)[1] was the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[2]
Political contributions
Chabilal Upadhyaya,[3] popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the Assam Association was merged with Indian National Congress to form Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.[4] He became the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[5] He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the Non-Cooperation movement under Gandhiji's leadership.
Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division.[6] Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of All India Gorkha League.[7]
Now, Government of Assam announced that an engineering college[8] will be established in Behali, Assam[9] which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali:छबिलाल उपाध्याय) Indian Gorkha freedom fighter". Indian Gorkhas. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ "The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ Chabilal Upadhyaya. Good Books Distributors Publishers. 2020.
- ↑ History Book Of Class 10. Guwahati: Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Limited. 2015. p. 66.
- ↑ "16". Baichitramai Assam (in Hindi). Guwahati: Assam RashtraBhasa Prachar Samiti. 2018. p. 88.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Sarmah, Parag Jyoti (2018-04-01). "Assamese Gorkha In The Indian Freedom Movement: An Overview". Youth Ki Awaaz. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ "New engineering college to be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya". Time8.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Engineering college will be named after him". East Mojo.
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