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75 years ago today, on 11th August, 1942, seven giant sons of Bihar were martyred after being shot by the British in order to hoist the tricolor on the Patna secretariat. These were all students who presented a wonderful and unique example of bravery and struggle during the August Revolution (Quit India Movement). Police fired bullets at the order of W.G. Arthur, the then District Magistrate Patna. There were about 13 to 14 round of fires.
The seven sons were Umakant Prasad Singh, Ramanand Singh, Satish Prasad Jha, Jagpathy Kumar, Devideep Chaudhary, Rajendra Singh and Ram Govind Singh. The campaign was led by Devi Pad. Chaudhary. Devi Pad Chaudhary was 14 years old. He was a resident of Jamalpur village of Silhat (presently Bangladesh). When they were moving along with their six companions towards the Secretariat, the police wanted to stop them but where were they going to stop? Devi Pad was going ahead with the tricolor when the police shot him. Ramgovind Singh of Dashrath village of Patna district went ahead and took the tricolor in his hand, seeing the fall of Devi Pad. Ramgovind Singh, son of Devaki Singh, was studying in Class X in High School, Punpun at that time.
Ramgovind Singh went ahead, the police shot him too. Now tricolour was held by Ramanand Singh who did not let it fall. Ramanand Singh, a resident of Patna district, was a Class 10 student. They were married. Rajendra Singh resident of Dighwara of Saran district kept hold of tricolor watching Ramanand falling. Rajendra Singh proceeded. He was studying at the Higher Secondary School in Gordhanbagh. He had also got married. Rajendra Singh's father was Shivnarayan Singh. Jagjit Singh took control of the tricolor when Rajendra Singh was falling. Jagpathy Kumar was a resident of Aurangabad district.
Jagpathy Kumar was shot by a bullet into the second hand and was hit onto the thigh, still he did not let the tricolor bend. Now Satish Jha, the son of Sri Mathura Prasad of Barpura village of Bhagalpur district (Banka) came forward. He used to study in Patna College. He was also shot in an attempt to hoist the tricolor. Satish was also martyred but the flag did not fall. Umakant Singh, who was only 15 years old, picked it up. He was a second year student of B.N. College. The police team also targeted him, but even after being shot, he finally hoisted the tricolor on the dome of the secretariat. After this he became martyr.
After the independence, the martyr memorial was built on this spot. Its foundation was laid by the hands of Bihar's first Governor, Jairam Dulat Rai. Formal unveiling was done by the country's first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1956.
Thousands of salutes to these hard boiled lovers of independence!
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Article by Samir Parimal
Samir Parimal is a renowned young poet of Bihar having thousands of followers.
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