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'''Brajkishore Prasad''' (1877&ndash;1946) was a lawyer inspired by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] during the [[Indian Independence Movement]].<br />
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Born in a [[Kayastha]] family in Srinagar, [[Siwan district]], Prasad gained his early education in [[Chhapra]] and [[Patna]] before moving to [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] in [[Calcutta]], where he completed his legal training.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Umar4Ashraf|date=2021-04-01|title=Heritage Times - ब्रजकिशोर प्रसाद : स्वतंत्रता संग्राम का एक महानायक|url=https://heritagetimes.in/brajkishore-prasad-siwan-1877-1946/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Heritage Times|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He married Phuljhari Devi. He set up a legal practise in [[Darbhanga]] and had two sons, Vishwa Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad, more commonly known as SN Prasad, and two daughters, [[Prabhavati Devi]] and Vidyawati.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Braj Kishore Prasad - the Forgotten Hero of Bihar - PatnaDaily|url=https://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/features/8182-braj-kishore-prasad-the-forgotten-hero-of-bihar.html|access-date=2021-11-26|website=www.patnadaily.com}}</ref> <br />
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He met with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1915 and was inspired. He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice. He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the [[Champaran Satyagraha|Champaran]] and [[Kheda Satyagraha|Kheda]] Satyagraha, in which Gandhi handpicked [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]<ref>{{cite web<br />
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</ref> along with him to successfully lead the movement. Gandhi was so impressed by Prasad's dedication that he set aside a full chapter on him in his autobiographical book, ''[[The Story of My Experiments with Truth]]'', called "The Gentle Bihari".{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br />
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Prasad remained at the forefront of the freedom struggle in [[Bihar]], and his collaboration with several colleagues was instrumental in the setting up of the Bihar Vidyapeeth.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} For the last ten years of his life he was severely infirmed, and died in 1946.<ref>[[s:The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part V/The Gentle Bihari]]</ref><br />
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The National Book Trust, India, recently published a biography titled ''Braja Kishore Prasad: The Hero of Many Battles'', authored by Sachidanand Sinha..<ref name="BookTrust">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbtindia.gov.in/books_detail__9__national-biography__2762__braja-kishore-prasad.nbt|publisher=National Book Trust, India|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}<br />
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