Shaheed Smarak Patna

Shaheed Smarak
India
Martyrs' Memorial in Patna
Used for those deceased
Established15 August 1947
Location25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E / 25.6079917; 85.1675167
near 
Patna, Bihar, India
Designed byDeviprasad Roychoudhury
CommemoratedSeven brave young men
Burials by nation
Burials by war
To the Seven brave young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement, while attempting to hoist the national flag.
Statistics source: Official site of Patna

The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on 15 August 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram in presence of Premier of Bihar Shri Krishna Sinha and his deputy Anugrah Narayan Sinha . The sculptor Devi Prasad Roychoudhury built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.[1]

Martyr's Memorial is now situated outside the Secretariat building in Patna.[2]

Background/List engraved names on Martyr's Memorial

Martyr's Memorial on a 1967 stamp of India

During the height of Quit India Movement[3] in 1942, eminent Gandhian freedom fighter Shri Krishna Sinha and Dr. Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna, as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British. Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.

  • Umakant Prasad Sinha (Raman Ji) – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Narendrapur, Saran
    Martyr Umakant Prasad Sinha
  • Ramanand Singh – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar,(at present), Fazalchak Patna
    Martyr Ramanand Singh
  • Satish Chandra Jha – Patna Collegiate School, class X, Kharhara, Banka
  • Jagatpati Kumar – Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad
    Martyr Jagatpati Kumar
  • Devipada Choudhry – Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur
    Martyr Devipada Choudhary
  • Rajendra Singh – Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran, Nayagaon, Bihar
    Martyr Rajendra Singh
  • Ramgovind Singh – Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna
    Martyr Ramgovind Singh

See also

References

  1. ^ "Martyr's Memorial". National Information Center. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  2. ^ Shaheed Smarak. Mapsofindia.com (29 May 2013). Retrieved on 2018-12-26.
  3. ^ भारत छोड़ों आंदोलन के दौरान 11 अगस्त को शहीद हुए थे जगतपति कुमार समेत आजादी के सात मतवाले. Vidyasagar1995.blogspot.in. Retrieved on 26 December 2018.
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