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Jai Prakash Narain (1902-1979)
Jai Prakash Narain was born on 11 October 1902 in Sitab Diyara in the district of Saran in Bihar. His father Hansu Dayal served in the Revenue Department of the Government. His mother Phulo Rani was a simple, religious-minded woman who cast a deep imprint on young Jai Prakash’s mind.
In May 1922 he obtained a scholarship from an association in Calcutta to study in the United States. It was in the States that Jai Prakash came in contact with radical socialist ideas. After his return to India Jai Prakash came in touch with Gandhiji. The failure of the Gandhi-Irwin talks led to the civil disobedience movement and Jai Prakash readily joined it. He was arrested shortly after and put in the Nasik Jail. Here he met Achyut Patwardhan and Minoo Masani, which reinforced his socialist leanings. Later, along with Acharya Narendra Dev, he organised the All India Congress Socialist Party, and in support of his cause, wrote in 1936 ‘Why Socialism’.
Jai Prakash believed in non-violence. However, during the Quit India Movement he supported violent measures against British atrocities. He criticised the War aims of Britain as imperialistic.
In the domain of socio-economic reforms Jai Prakash’s socialistic zeal prompted him to advocate the abolition of Zamindari, nationalisation of natural resources, peasant proprietorship of land, nationalisation of heavy and basic industries and such other measures. He also strongly championed the cause of rural upliftment. He believed that a nation, to be united and to remain strong, must bring the remotest village into the mainstream of its political, economic and cultural life.
On 26 June 1975 he launched Bhrashtachar Mitao Andolan, a movement against corruption. This eventually led to proclamation of state of emergency in the country during which period he was arrested and jailed.
On 08 October 1979 at his Kadam Kuan residence in central Patna he passed away peacefully. A great freedom fighter and a social reformer though Jai Prakash was, he did not allow his mental powers to be confined merely to these. He wrote a number of books and booklets, which concerned various aspects of Indian life and problems—political as well as economic and social.
Jai Prakash Narain was born on 11 October 1902 in Sitab Diyara in the district of Saran in Bihar. His father Hansu Dayal served in the Revenue Department of the Government. His mother Phulo Rani was a simple, religious-minded woman who cast a deep imprint on young Jai Prakash’s mind.
In May 1922 he obtained a scholarship from an association in Calcutta to study in the United States. It was in the States that Jai Prakash came in contact with radical socialist ideas. After his return to India Jai Prakash came in touch with Gandhiji. The failure of the Gandhi-Irwin talks led to the civil disobedience movement and Jai Prakash readily joined it. He was arrested shortly after and put in the Nasik Jail. Here he met Achyut Patwardhan and Minoo Masani, which reinforced his socialist leanings. Later, along with Acharya Narendra Dev, he organised the All India Congress Socialist Party, and in support of his cause, wrote in 1936 ‘Why Socialism’.
Jai Prakash believed in non-violence. However, during the Quit India Movement he supported violent measures against British atrocities. He criticised the War aims of Britain as imperialistic.
In the domain of socio-economic reforms Jai Prakash’s socialistic zeal prompted him to advocate the abolition of Zamindari, nationalisation of natural resources, peasant proprietorship of land, nationalisation of heavy and basic industries and such other measures. He also strongly championed the cause of rural upliftment. He believed that a nation, to be united and to remain strong, must bring the remotest village into the mainstream of its political, economic and cultural life.
On 26 June 1975 he launched Bhrashtachar Mitao Andolan, a movement against corruption. This eventually led to proclamation of state of emergency in the country during which period he was arrested and jailed.
On 08 October 1979 at his Kadam Kuan residence in central Patna he passed away peacefully. A great freedom fighter and a social reformer though Jai Prakash was, he did not allow his mental powers to be confined merely to these. He wrote a number of books and booklets, which concerned various aspects of Indian life and problems—political as well as economic and social.
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