Jayaprakash Narayan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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an Indian independence activist and political leader, Bharat Ratna
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Place of Birth: Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India
About Jayaprakash Narayan
- Jayaprakash Narayan (listen ; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for The People's Leader), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader.
- He is also known as the "Hero of Quit India Movement" and he is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution".
- His biography, Jayaprakash, was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Rambriksh Benipuri.
- In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in recognition of his social work.
- Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965.
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