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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian politician (born 1921)}} | ||
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Verma Participated in [[indian independence movement|freedom movement]] and was also involved in the labour Strike of 1940 in South [[Bihar]] Sugar Mills at Bihta (Patna) under the Leadership | Verma Participated in [[indian independence movement|freedom movement]] and was also involved in the labour Strike of 1940 in South [[Bihar]] Sugar Mills at Bihta (Patna) under the Leadership | ||
of Swami [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]. He was put behind the bars for his involvement in this movement. He also took participation in [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942 and was arrested by the British authorities in 1943. During this period, he underwent two years of rigorous | of Swami [[Sahajanand Saraswati]]. He was put behind the bars for his involvement in this movement. He also took participation in [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942 and was arrested by the British authorities in 1943. During this period, he underwent two years of rigorous | ||
imprisonment in Central Jail, Patna, [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] and Phoolwari Sharif camp. He also involved himself in the revolutionary activities after release from jail in 1945. During this period, when the indian independence struggle was at its height, he made attempts to blast the Bikram Airport ([[Patna]]) in order to defy the colonial rule. He was made | imprisonment in Central Jail, Patna, [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] and Phoolwari Sharif camp. He also involved himself in the revolutionary activities after release from jail in 1945. During this period, when the indian independence struggle was at its height, he made attempts to blast the Bikram Airport ([[Patna]]) in order to defy the colonial rule. He was made president of Bihar State Leather Industries Association, Patna, from 1957 to 1984; and of Bihar State Telephone Employees Union, Trade Union Patna for 1958-62 after independence of India. Verma was the founder, secretary of G.J. College, Rambagh at Bihta, Patna, in 1957. He also served as president of Jai Prakash Ashram, Paliganj, Patna. Despite holding a number of offices, he was again involved in 1974 [[Total Revolution]], which was started by [[Jayprakash Narayan]] against the authoritarian rule of [[Indira Gandhi]] government from Bihar. Verma also struggled for the cause of low-income groups and lower strata of society and was associated with Bihar State Class iv Employees Association, from 1969 to 1984. As a leader of workers he was a participant in [[Fatuha]]-Islampur and [[Arrah]]-[[Sasaram]] Light Railway Employees Union from 1984 to 1985. In the later years of his life, he became a member of [[Mahatma Phule]] Trust, Patna and remained associated with it till 1990. He was also a member of ''Bihar Rajya Swatantrata Sainani Sangathan'', Patna in 1992, the organisation representing the freedom fighters who participated in indian war of independence from the state of [[Bihar]].<ref name="LS">{{cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2637.htm|title=Biographical sketch of Member of Lok Sabha|website=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=23 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
Chandradeo Verma represented upper strata of middle peasant castes. He was a member of [[Koeri]] community. In one of his election campaign, he made the issue of revival of [[Ranvir Sena]], an upper caste militant outfit, as the focal point of his overall campaigning.<ref> {{cite book |title=The situated politics of belonging |page=135,136 |first=Nira-Yuval-Davis |last=Kalpana |publisher=Sage publication |location=london|year=2006|isbn=1-4129-2101-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6pIf0EjBXIC&pg=PA135|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="womensstudies">{{cite journal |last=Björkert |first=Suruchi Thapar |title=Women as arm-bearers: Gendered caste-violence and the Indian state |journal=Women's Studies International Forum |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=474–488 |doi=10.1016/j.wsif.2006.07.005 |date=September–October 2006 }}</ref> | Chandradeo Verma represented upper strata of middle peasant castes. He was a member of [[Koeri]] community. In one of his election campaign, he made the issue of revival of [[Ranvir Sena]], an upper caste militant outfit, as the focal point of his overall campaigning.<ref> {{cite book |title=The situated politics of belonging |page=135,136 |first=Nira-Yuval-Davis |last=Kalpana |publisher=Sage publication |location=london|year=2006|isbn=1-4129-2101-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6pIf0EjBXIC&pg=PA135|accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="womensstudies">{{cite journal |last=Björkert |first=Suruchi Thapar |title=Women as arm-bearers: Gendered caste-violence and the Indian state |journal=Women's Studies International Forum |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=474–488 |doi=10.1016/j.wsif.2006.07.005 |date=September–October 2006 }}</ref> | ||
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==Social and cultural activities== | ==Social and cultural activities== | ||
He was the editor of a journal brought out by ''Bihar Rajya Swantrata Sainani Sangathan'' and also Worked as an Assistant Editor and Secretary in ''Janata'' a Hindi daily published from Patna during | He was the editor of a journal brought out by ''Bihar Rajya Swantrata Sainani Sangathan'' and also Worked as an Assistant Editor and Secretary in ''Janata'' a Hindi daily published from Patna during 1951–52. Later, he became the Chief Editor of ''Janata'' | ||
which became a weekly from 1952 and remained so till 1957. He also fought against social injustice and supported the cause of socially oppressed people. Verma worked for the interests of the backwards and the [[Dalit]]s and took up the case | which became a weekly from 1952 and remained so till 1957. He also fought against social injustice and supported the cause of socially oppressed people. Verma worked for the interests of the backwards and the [[Dalit]]s and took up the case | ||
of 384 civilian employees of Air-Force-2 B.R.D. stationed at Gwalior. As a leader of trade unionists, he actively pursued the cause of [[Arrah]]-[[Sasaram]] Light Railway and Fatuha Islampur Martins Light-Railway employees for their regularisation, who were facing the threat of eviction due to government policies.<ref name="LS"/> | of 384 civilian employees of Air-Force-2 B.R.D. stationed at Gwalior. As a leader of trade unionists, he actively pursued the cause of [[Arrah]]-[[Sasaram]] Light Railway and Fatuha Islampur Martins Light-Railway employees for their regularisation, who were facing the threat of eviction due to government policies.<ref name="LS"/> | ||