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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Bhajahari Mahato<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = 1911<br />
| death_date = 2003<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = Manbhum South Cum Dhalbhum<br />
| term_start1 = 1952<br />
| term_end1 = 1957<br />
| predecessor1 = ''Constituency Established''<br />
| successor1 = ''Constituency Dissolved''<br />
| term_start2 = 1962<br />
| term_end2 = 1972<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta]]<br />
| successor2 = Debendranath Mahato<br />
| constituency2 = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]<br />
| party = [[Lok Sewak Sangha]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bhajahari Mahato''' (1911–2003) was an Indian politician belonging to [[Lok Sewak Sangha]]. He was elected thrice as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mahato was born on 1911. He took part in [[Civil disobedience movement]] and [[August movement]].<ref name=b/> He was arrested during the [[British Rule]]. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. Later, he was released in 1946.<ref name=b/><br />
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==Post independence career==<br />
After the formation of [[Lok Sewak Sangha]] Mahato joined the party from [[Indian National Congress]]. He was elected as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from erstwhile Manbhum South Cum Dhalbhum in 1952 as a [[Lok Sewak Sangha]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=81&lsno=1<br />
|title=Manbhum Lok Sevak Sangh<br />
|accessdate=21 February 2020|website=Lok Sabha<br />
}}</ref> Later, he was elected from [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]] in 1962 and 1967.<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 2 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 2 June 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Role in Bengali language movement in Manbhum==<br />
Mahato took part in the [[Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)|Bengali language movement in Manbhum]]. He raised the issue of [[Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)|Bengali language movement in Manbhum]] in the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=b>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/article-on-freedom-fighter-bhojohari-mahato-1.956545<br />
|title=মানভূমের ইতিহাস এবং ভজহরি মাহাতো<br />
|date=23 February 2019|accessdate=21 February 2020|language=bn|website=Anandabazar Patrika<br />
}}</ref> He wrote Tusu songs during that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/special-article-about-the-history-of-purulia-1.1065657<br />
|title=বড় ভূমিকা ছিল টুসু সত্যাগ্রহের<br />
|date=2 November 2019|accessdate=21 February 2020|language=bn|website=Anandabazar Patrika<br />
}}</ref> He wrote the Tusu song titled "Shun Bihari Bhai Tora Rakhte Larbi Dang Dekhai".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/district/purulia-birbhum-bankura/manbhum-celebrates-its-61th-birth-anniversary-1.505435<br />
|title=আজ পুরুলিয়ার জন্মদিন, আনন্দের সঙ্গী আক্ষেপও<br />
|date=1 November 2016|accessdate=21 February 2020|language=bn|website=Anandabazar Patrika<br />
}}</ref> He was arrested by the [[Government of Bihar]] during that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/do-we-still-remember-the-bengali-language-movement-of-manbhum-1.759167<br />
|title=ভাষা আন্দোলনে মানভূম<br />
|date=20 February 2018|accessdate=21 February 2020|language=bn|website=Anandabazar Patrika<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mahato was married to Shanto Devi in 1926.<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1535.htm<br />
|title=MAHATO, SHRI BHAJAHARI<br />
|accessdate=21 February 2020|website=Lok Sabha<br />
}}</ref> They had two sons and two daughters.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Mahato died in 2003.<ref name=b/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1911 births]]<br />
[[Category:2003 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sewak Sangh politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Purulia district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of India]]<br />
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