Martyrs' Memorial Patna
| Martyr's Memorial | |
|---|---|
 India | |
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Martyr's Memorial | |
| Used for those deceased | |
| Established | August 15, 1947 |
| Location |
25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E near Patna, Bihar, India |
| Designed by | Deviprasad Roychoudhury |
Total commemorated | Seven brave young men |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
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To the Seven brave young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement, while attempting to hoist the national flag. | |
| Statistics source: Official site of Patna | |
The Martyr's Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on August 15, 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram. The sculptor Deviprasad Roychoudhury built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.[1]
Martyr's Memorial is situated outside the Secretariat building in Patna.[2][3]
Background/List engraved names on Martyr's Memorial
During the height of Quit India Movement [4] in 1942 , eminent Gandhian Dr.Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna,as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British. Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.
- Umakant Prasad Sinha(Raman Ji) - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary,class IX, Narendrapur, Saran
- Ramanand Singh - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar (at present Dhanarua), Patna
- Satish Prasad Jha - Patna Collegiate School, class X, Khadahara, Bhagalpur
- Jagatpati Kumar - Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad
- Devipada Choudhry - Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur
- Rajendra Singh - Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran
- Ramgovind Singh - Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna
See also
References
- ↑ http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/martyrs.htm
- ↑ http://www.mapsofindia.com/patna/places-of-interest/shaheed-smarak.html
- ↑ Lucent's Bihar General Knowledge, Lucent Publication, Page No- 76
- ↑ http://vidyasagar1995.blogspot.in/2014/08/11.html
