Famous Freedom Fighters from Bihar

Here we give you the list of persons associated with Indian Independence movement especially from Bihar. Bihar played a pivotal part in the Indian Freedom struggle. The state underwent Bifurcation and On 1 April 1912 both Bihar and Orissa division were separated from the Bengal Presidency as Bihar and Orissa Province. On 22 March 1936 Bihar and Orissa became separate provinces; followed by Jharkand statehood. Bihar is immensely proud of their leaders and revolutionaries who contributed a major part to the freedom struggle and a few of them are listed below

Bihar’s contribution in the independence movement has been immense with famous leaders like Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, Shaheed Baikuntha Shukla, Bihar Bibhuti Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Mulana Mazharul Haque, Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Singh), Basawon Singh (Sinha), Yogendra Shukla, Sheel Bhadra Yajee, Pandit Yamuna Karjee, Dr. Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi and many others who worked for India’s indepdence and worked to lift up the underprivileged masses. Khudiram Bose, Upendra Narayan Jha “Azad” and Prafulla Chaki were also active in revolutionary movement in Bihar.

List of freedom fighters from Bihar

S.No	Names	Periods	Details	Movement
1	Anugrah Narayan Sinha	1887 - 1957	One of the leading makers of modern Bihar, and for many years Bihar got his leadership.	Champaran Satyagraha movement Civil Disobedience Movement
2	Jayaprakash Narayan	1902 -1979	Jayaprakash Narayan's concept of Total Revolution' is one of his most important contributions to modem Indian political thought.	Quit India Movement
3	Kunwar Singh	1877 - 1961	The chief organiser of the fight against the British in Bihar. He is popularly known as Veer Kunwar Singh.
4	Rajendra Prasad	1884 - 1963	Because of the enormous public adulation he enjoyed,he was referred to as Desh Ratna or the Jewel of the country.	Salt Satyagraha of 1931 Quit India movement of 1942 Champaran Movement Non-cooperation Movement.
5	Rambriksh Benipuri	1899 - 1968	Benipuri was a close associate of Jayaprakash Narayan and a leading light of the Congress Socialist Party.	Non Co-operation Movement
6	Yamuna Karjee	1898 - 1953	Pandit Yamuna Karjee, a peasant leader, then took the initiative to organize a provincial Kisan Sabha	Kisan Movement and Peasant movement Non - Co operation Movement

The Swatantra Senani Samman Yojna was launched by then prime minister Indira Gandhi in the early 1970s to honour the freedom fighters and provide them pension in recognition of the services rendered by them during the struggle for Independence.