Chabilal Upadhyaya

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Chabilal Upadhyaya (छबिलाल उपाध्याय)
Born(1882-05-12)12 May 1882
(Undivided Darrang) now in Biswanath district, Assam[1]
Died24 January 1980(1980-01-24) (aged 97)
NationalityIndian
Other namesChabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu.
OccupationPolitical leader of Assam
Political partyAssam Pradesh Congress Committee
Parents
  • Late (Ghimire) (father)
  • Late (mother)

Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was born on 12 May 1882 at (Undivided Darrang)[1] was the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[2]

Political contributions[]

Chabilal Upadhyaya,[3] popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the was merged with Indian National Congress to form Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.[4] He became the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[5] He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the Non-Cooperation movement under Gandhiji's leadership.

Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division.[6] Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of All India Gorkha League.[7]

Now, Government of Assam announced that an engineering college[8] will be established in Behali, Assam[9] which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali:छबिलाल उपाध्याय) Indian Gorkha freedom fighter". Indian Gorkhas. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. ^ "The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ Chabilal Upadhyaya. . 2020.
  4. ^ History Book Of Class 10. Guwahati: . 2015. p. 66.
  5. ^ "16". Baichitramai Assam (in Hindi). Guwahati: . 2018. p. 88.
  6. ^ "Chabilal Upadhyaya M. E. School was ..."
  7. ^ Sarmah, Parag Jyoti (2018-04-01). "Assamese Gorkha In The Indian Freedom Movement: An Overview". Youth Ki Awaaz. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  8. ^ "New engineering college to be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya". .
  9. ^ "Engineering college will be named after him". .

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