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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter and politician}}
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'''Bhagwat Jha Azad''' was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He served as [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief minister of Bihar]] from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989.<ref>http://biharjagran.com/government.php</ref><ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/598.htm</ref> He was at various times a member of parliament and a member of the [[Bihar]] state legislature.

==Early and personal life==
Azad was born into a [[Maithili Brahmin]] family on 28 November 1922 in Kasba village near Mehrama in Godda district of undivided Bihar, which is now part of [[Jharkhand]] state. He completed his education from TNB Collegiate School and TNB College, Bhagalpur and [[Patna University]]. He was a college student when he plunged into the freedom struggle.

==Political career==
Azad was a 20-year-old college student when he took part in a demonstration as part of the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942. He was hit by a bullet in his leg, which incident made him famous in the press. After this, there was no going back for the young man, and a glittering political career was born. Later, Azad was also arrested several times by the British.<ref>Indian Parliament (1952-57): "Personalities"-Series 2 Authentic, ...by Trilochan Singh - 1954</ref>

Independence came in 1947, exactly five years after the Quit India Movement, and Azad was advantageously poised to make a career in politics. He was part of an influential cohort of politicians from Bihar who gained prominence on the national stage during the post-independence stage, known as the "Young Turks." He was a contemporary of [[Bindeshwari Dubey]], [[Abdul Gafoor]], [[Chandrashekhar Singh]], [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]] and [[Kedar Pandey]] (all future chief ministers of Bihar); and of [[Sitaram Kesri]], future national president of Indian National Congress.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Azad represented [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] for five terms.<ref name="Bhagwat Jha reference1">{{cite news |title=World News, Latest World News, Breaking News and Headlines Today |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news |access-date=21 February 2021 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=4 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected to the third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth Lok Sabha. He served as a Union minister of state from 1967 to 1983 in the ministries of agriculture, education, labour and employment, supply and rehabilitation, civil aviation and food and civil supplies. He was a veteran Congressman, and [[Chief Minister]] of Bihar between 14 February 1988 and 10 March 1989.<ref name="Bhagwat Jha reference1" />

==Personal life==
Azad was born into a [[Maithili Brahmin]] family in Kasba village near Mehrama in Godda district of undivided Bihar, which is now part of [[Jharkhand]] state. When he was still a teenager, Azad was married to a 10-year-old girl who came from a family of the same caste and similar background, in a match arranged by their parents in the usual Indian manner. The marriage, which lasted all their lives, was entirely harmonious. Out of his three sons eldest Prof. Dr Rajvardhan Azad a noted international figure in retinal surgery, former Director of Dr RP Centre AIIMS, New Delhi and currently Chairman, Bihar University Service commission and two other sons are public figures: Yashovardhan Azad, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who served in the Intelligence Bureau as Special Director and then served as the Chief Information Commissioner,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-when-a-top-indian-police-officer-was-feted-feasted-and-enjoyed-pakistans-hospitality/326348|title = When a Top Indian Police Officer Was Feted, Feasted and Enjoyed Pakistan's Hospitality}}</ref> and [[Kirti Azad]], a former Lok Sabha member and a former cricketer who was part of the Indian team which won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/598.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006151543/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/598.htm |archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bhagwat Jha Azad died in 2011 aged 89. He had been ailing for several years.

==References==
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{{Chief Ministers of Bihar}}
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