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{{Short description|Indian sculptor and painter (1899–1975)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = D. P. Roy Choudhury
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image = Deviprasad Roy Chowdhury.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1899|06|15}}
| birth_place = Tejhat, [[Rangpur district]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1975|10|15|1899|06|14}}
| death_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Painter|sculptor|educator}}
| known for = Bronze sculptures<br />''[[Triumph of Labour]]''<br />''[[Martyrs' Memorial Patna]]''
| spouse = Charulata Roy Choudhury
| children = 1, Bhaskar Roy Choudhury
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (1958)<br>[[List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows|Fellow of Lalit Kala Akademi]] (1962)
}}
'''Devi Prasad Roy Choudhury''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (15 June 1899 – 15 October 1975) was an Indian sculptor, painter and educator. He is well known for his monumental [[Bronze sculpture|bronze sculptures]], especially the ''[[Triumph of Labour]]'' and the [[Shaheed Smarak Patna|''Martyrs' Memorial'']], and is rated by many as one among the major artists of Indian modern art.<ref name="Tribute to the King">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/devi-prasad-roy-chowdhurys-artistic-contributions/article8168206.ece | title=Tribute to the King | work=The Hindu | date=29 January 2016 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> He worked in a broad spectrum of mediums including watercolors, expressionist landscapes and commissioned portraits. Large scale sculptures were his particular strength and he made [[social realism]] the cornerstone of his art. In addition to painting and sculpting, he also wrestled, played the flute, engaged in hunting and wrote short stories in his spare time.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Osian's Auction Catalogue Creative India Series 1 Bengal {{!}} December 2011 |url=http://assets.osianama.com/ecatalogue/2011-12-15-Creative-India-Series-1/150/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=assets.osianama.com}}</ref>

He served as the principal of [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai|Madras School of Art]] from 1929 to 1957 and became one of the first Indians to head a government educational institution at the time.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1958, for his contributions in the field of arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He was elected as the [[List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows|Fellow of Lalit Kala Akademi]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-15 |title=Lalit Kala Akademi Fellows |url=http://lalitkala.gov.in/recognition/fellows.asp |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Lalit Kala Akademi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615063915/http://lalitkala.gov.in/recognition/fellows.asp |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Roy Choudhury was born on 15 June 1899 at Tejhat, in [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]] in the undivided Bengal of the [[British India]] (presently in [[Bangladesh]]), and did his academic studies from home.<ref name="Artist Profile">{{cite web | url=http://goaartgallery.com/roychowdhary_d_p.htm | title=Artist Profile | publisher=Goa Art Gallery |year=2016 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> He took his first painting lessons under the guidance of [[Abanindranath Tagore]], the renowned Bengali painter.<ref name=":3">{{Citation |last1=Blurton |first1=T. Richard |title=India, Republic of |date=2003 |url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/documentID/oao-9781884446054-e-7000040067 |work=Oxford Art Online |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t040067 |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 |access-date=2022-06-15 |last2=Prasad |first2=Sunand |last3=Kapur |first3=Geeta |last4=Smith |first4=Walter |last5=Crill |first5=Rosemary |last6=Parimoo |first6=Ratan |last7=Vernoit |first7=S. J. |last8=Ehnbom |first8=Daniel |last9=Joshi |first9=M. C.|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He also received lessons about life-drawing and portraiture in western style from an Italian painter named Boeiss. This was followed by sculpture training under the guidance of Hiranmoy Roy Choudhury, who taught him to ''build in'' rather than ''carve in'' his figures.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Biswas |first=Kali |url=https://archive.org/details/deviprosadroycho0000jaya/ |title=Devi Prosad Roy Chowdhury |publisher=[[Lalit Kala Akademi]] |year=1973 |editor-last=Appasamy |editor-first=Jaya |location=New Delhi |editor-last2=Krishnan |editor-first2=S. A.}}</ref>

== Career ==
Roy Choudhury’s interest of getting into art caused a rift between him and his ''zamindar'' grandfather, the head of the family, who disinherited him. Subsequently, he had to take up work as a scene painter for a theatre in North [[Kolkata]] and taught art at a boys' school in the city. He also taught for some time at [[Santiniketan]] where [[Ramkinkar Baij]] was one of his students.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Mitter |first=Partha |title=The triumph of modernism : India's artists and the avant-garde, 1922-1947 |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-569336-2 |location=New Delhi |oclc=231745770}}</ref>

=== Madras School of Art ===
Roy Choudhury joined the Madras School of Art in 1929 as a [[Superintendent (education)|superintendent]]. He thus became one of the first Indians to head an educational institution that was run by the British. He accepted the post on the understanding that he should be permitted to take up private assignments.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Joshi |first=Jyotish |title=भारतीय कला के हस्ताक्षर |publisher=[[Publications Division (India)|Publications Division]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-8123016825 |edition=2nd |location=New Delhi |pages=69–74 |language=hi |trans-title=Signatures of Modern Indian Art}}</ref> During his thirty years at the school, he inspired several artists form South India. He helped spark creativity among the students who had produced only conventional work until that time. This entirely changed the existing image of the school as an industrial arts centre.<ref name=":1" /> Subsequently, he was honoured by the British Government as an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in 1937 for his service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34396|supp=y|page=3098|date=11 May 1937}}</ref>

=== Artistic output ===
Despite being in charge of the school for almost three decades, Roy Choudhury was quite productive as an artist. He maintained two studios, one at his residence and the other at the school. He worked from early morning till late in the evening, mostly on large-scale sculptures. However, he did not hold any exhibition of his works during his lifetime, as he believed:<blockquote>I consider my modest studio as a sort of old, sacred temple devoted to the cause of art. I worship the objects I create. I can never think of them being carried now and then for public view. Those who are real lovers of art are welcome to my studio. Don’t the devotees pay a visit to the dilapidated temple in a village?<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>When [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] was founded in 1954, he was appointed as the founder chairman.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&q=Lalit+Kala+Akademi,+debi+prasad+roy+choudhury&pg=SL1-PA222 | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates | publisher=Sterling Publishers | author=S. B. Bhattacherje | year=2009 | pages=222 of 613 | isbn=9788120740747}}</ref> He also served as president of the [[UNESCO]] Art Seminar conducted in 1955 at Tokyo and the ''Nikhil Bharat Bangiya Sahitya Sammilani'' of 1956 organized in Chennai.<ref name="Artist Profile" /> Along with his art, he was well known for his [[Bengali language|Bengali]] short stories published in the Bengali magazines of the time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Panicker |first=K. C. S. |date=21 December 1975 |title=Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9D8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2383 |journal=Akashvani |volume=40 |issue=51 |pages=2383}}</ref>

== Works ==

=== Paintings ===
When Roy Choudhury studied under the guidance of Tagore, he mainly created paintings in his master’s style and technique. Flowing lines in the ''wash'' technique with flat tones can be seen in his early works. The subjects in his works were mostly based on mythological themes. After his exposure to the western art techniques, he created artworks in the western academic style.<ref name=":1" /> In the later part of his life, Choudhury was drawn towards the common man. He interacted with people of the poorer class and began drawing from life rather than from models. Moreover, he had also created a number of genre and landscape paintings. His other works include animal studies from his experiences during his hunting expeditions.<ref name=":2" />
[[File:Swatantra Cover by D. P. Roy Choudhury.jpg|alt=Painting by D. P. Roy Choudhury|thumb|Painting by D. P. Roy Choudhury titled ''Poorna Kumbham'' published on the cover page of ''Swatantra'' Annual in 1951]]
Roy Choudhury experimented with different mediums such as [[tempera]], [[Oil paint|oil]], [[Watercolor painting|watercolor]] and [[Pastel|pastels]]. In the 1930s, western art critics regarded him as one of the finest portrait painters in the world for his works in the oil medium.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Sushil |date=16 October 2009 |title=Bihar to Madras to learn art |volume=19 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |issue=13 |url=https://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2013/bihar-to-madras-to-learn-art.html |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref> Some of the notable paintings the he created in Chennai are ''Green and Gold'' (exhibited at the [[Royal Academy of Arts|Royal Academy of Arts, London]]), ''After the Storm'' (Japanese wash technique), ''Nirvana'', ''Bridge'', ''The Palace Doll'', ''Durga Puja Procession'', ''Abhisarika'', and ''Pujarini''.<ref name=":0" />

=== Sculptures ===

Even though Roy Choudhury was a skilled painter, he is widely known for his public sculptures in the [[Impressionism|impressionistic]] style.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=K. C. S. |first=Panicker |date=21 December 1975 |title=Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9D8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2393 |journal=Akashvani |volume=40 |issue=51 |pages=2393}}</ref> His specialization was in casting the sculpture rather than carving it. He is reported to be influenced by the works of the French sculptor, [[Auguste Rodin]].<ref name="Virtual Galleries — Modern Sculptures">{{cite web | url=http://ngmaindia.gov.in/sh-modern-sculpture.asp | title=Virtual Galleries – Modern Sculptures | publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi |year=2016 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> During his early days in Kolkata, he made the busts of [[Jagadish Chandra Bose|Sir J. C. Bose]], [[Percy Brown (art historian)|Percy Brown]] and Mrs. Brown. While in Chennai, his high professional standards constantly brought him number of private and public commissions, notably the portrait busts of British nobility of the time. Among those who sat for their portraits or monumental statues were – [[C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri]] (Chief Justice, Madras High Court), [[John Erskine, Lord Erskine|Lord Erskine]] (Governor of Madras), [[G. T. Boag]] (Governor of Orissa), [[George Stanley (British politician)|George Stanley]] (Governor of Madras), [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]], [[Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy|C. R. Reddy]] and [[C. Abdul Hakim]] to name a few. Portraits created from photographs included [[Annie Besant]], [[Asutosh Mukherjee]], [[Surendranath Banerjee]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Motilal Nehru]] which were considered Roy Choudhury's monumental works.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury.jpg|alt=Roy Choudhury with his sculpture|left|thumb|Roy Choudhury with his sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi]]
In his later sculptures, Roy Choudhury sought inspiration from his surroundings and social milieu, just like his paintings. One of his first multiple-figure reliefs was the ''Travancore Temple Entry'' ''Proclamation'' that he completed in the 1930s. It depicted the [[Temple Entry Proclamation]] that allowed the admission of the so-called ''low caste people'' into the Hindu temples in [[Travancore]]. He also produced some moving images of the [[Bengal famine of 1943]], which showed a mother with her starving infant. Post India's independence in 1947, his grand sculptures and social commitment played an important role to memorialize the country's anti-colonial struggle.<ref name=":2" /> His compositions, the ''Triumph of Labour'' (1954) and the ''Martyrs’ Memorial'' (1956) continue to be outstanding examples of his depictions of social realism in this regard.<ref name=":3" />

==== ''Triumph of Labour'' ====
{{Main|Triumph of Labour}}
On 1 May 1923, [[Malayapuram Singaravelu]] founded the [[Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan]] in Madras which was committed to protect the interests and rights of the working classes. The foundation ceremony was held on the May Day for a purpose as it was for the first time in India that the day was observed as [[International Workers' Day]] under the auspices of the newly formed party.
[[File:Chennai LabourStatue Closeup.jpg|alt=Sculpture by D. P. Roy Choudhury|thumb|''Triumph of Labour'' by D. P. Roy Choudhury in Chennai]]
Roy Choudhury’s sculpture is located at the [[Marina Beach]], close to the site where Singaravelu organized the first Labour Day celebrations. It shows four figures engrossed in moving a heavy boulder, who appear to succeed in their task, thus signifying the ''Triumph of Labour''. The sculpture highlights the intense hard work and effort put in by workers to shape India as it is today. A similar sculpture is also located outside the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] building in New Delhi.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Public Art: Sculptures by Deviprasad Roy Chowdhury capture key moments in Indian History |url=https://www.theheritagelab.in/sculptures-deviprasad-roy-chowdhury-indian-history/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=The Heritage Lab |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==== ''Martyrs' Memorial'' ====
{{Main|Shaheed Smarak Patna|l1 = Martyrs' Memorial}}
Located outside the [[Patna Secretariat]], the ''Martyrs’ Memorial'' stands tall as the symbolic representation of the sacrifice that the Indians made to achieve independence. It is a life-sized [[statue]] of seven young men who sacrificed their lives in the [[Quit India Movement]] to hoist the [[Indian national flag|national flag]] on the Secretariat building.
[[File:Sahid Smarak.JPG|alt=Sculpture by D. P. Roy Choudhury|left|thumb|260x260px|''Martyrs' Memorial'' by D. P. Roy Choudhury in Patna]]
Roy Choudhury showcases the determined attitude and the spontaneity of movement of each defiant figure which emphasizes the strength of the entire composition. This sculpture was commissioned after India’s Independence and was unveiled by [[Rajendra Prasad]] in October 1956.<ref name=":4" />

==== ''Gyarah Murti'' ====
{{Main|Gyarah Murti}}
[[File:Gyarah Murti Statue, New Delhi.JPG|alt=Sculpture by D. P. Roy Choudhury|thumb|''Gyarah Murti'' by D. P. Roy Choudhury in Delhi]]
A monumental sculpture titled ''Gyarah Murti'', based on [[Salt March|Dandi March]] has been erected along the road at the junction of Sardar Patel Marg and Teen Murti Marg in [[New Delhi]]. The task of creating this sculpture was entrusted to Roy Choudhury by the then Prime Minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. This sculpture is 29 meters long on the surface and 4 meters high, made of a combination of 11 figures. It was installed in 1982 after the death of Devi Prasad Roy Choudhury. The image of this sculpture was also printed on the Indian currency note of 500 rupees.<ref name="Photographer's Note">{{cite web | url=http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/North/Delhi/New_Delhi/photo446816.htm | title=Photographer's Note | publisher=Trek Earth |year=2016 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Some of his other important public sculptures include the statue of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at Marina beach in Chennai,<ref name="A stroll could be a learning experience too">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2581222.ece | title=A stroll could be a learning experience too | work=The Hindu | date=30 October 2011 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> ''God of Destruction'' (plaster of paris), ''Rhythm'', ''After the Bath'', ''The Last Stroke'', ''Victims of Hunger'' (1952) and ''When Winter Comes'' (1955), all made in bronze.<ref name="When winter comes">{{cite web | url=http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/03/03/modp7.htm | title=When winter comes | publisher=Chennai Museum |year=2016 | access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

=== Public collections ===
His works are displayed at [[Government Museum, Chennai]], National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, ''Srichitralayam'' at [[Jaganmohan Palace]], [[Salar Jung Museum]], Hyderabad and Travancore Art Gallery, [[Kerala]]<ref name="Tribute to the King" /> and are featured in many books, ''Indian Masters, Volume I'',<ref name="Indian Masters, Volume I">{{cite book | title=Indian Masters, Volume I | publisher=Lakshmibilas Press, Calcutta | editor=Bijoy Krishna Das | year=1920 | pages=76 | asin=B00GZZK5RM}}</ref> ''The Two Great Indian Artists''<ref name="The Two Great Indian Artists">{{cite book | title=The Two Great Indian Artists | publisher=Firma KLM | author=Prasanta Daw | year=1978 | pages=114 | oclc=4389232}}</ref> and ''Art and Aesthetics of Deviprasad'' being some of them.<ref name="Art and aesthetics of Deviprasad">{{cite book | title=Art and aesthetics of Deviprasad | publisher=Indian Society of Oriental Art | author=Prasanta Daw | year=1998 | pages=16 | oclc=39130016}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
In 1958, the Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian honour.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He received the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] Fellowship in 1962 and, six years later, [[Rabindra Bharati University]], Kolkata, honoured him with [[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt.]] in 1968.<ref name="Artist Profile" />

== Personal life ==
Roy Choudhury was a wealthy man owing to his success as an artist and reputation among the people of high society.<ref name=":5" /> However, he largely remained [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] at heart and often said, “I can never be all manners and no man even to please my wife.” Roy Choudhury had married Charulata and had one son, Bhaskar – a folk dancer, actor, choreographer, author and painter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wingfield |first=Valerie |date=August 1, 2013 |title=Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Prince Among Dancers |url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/01/bhaskar-roy-chowdhury |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/18689/20220313043522/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/08/01/bhaskar-roy-chowdhury |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-03-13 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=[[New York Public Library]]}}</ref> Even though the couple was fond of each other, they had contrasting personalities. At times, Roy Choudhury's unconventional behaviour embarrassed Charulata who was a sophisticated woman and preferred a formal conduct.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Sushil |date=1 November 2009 |title=A bigger-than-life Devi Prosad (Part II) |volume=19 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |issue=14 |url=https://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2014/otherstories.html#story2 |access-date=19 March 2023}}</ref>

=== Madras residence ===
Roy Choudhury and his family lived in a two-storey house with the drawing room and the bedrooms located on the first floor. The former room was huge with a highly polished red floor. A few [[Persian carpet|Persian scatter rugs]] were spread on the floor and a couple of stuffed tiger heads shot by him lied there. On the off-white walls some of his popular paintings hung at eye-level. In one corner of the room stood one of his finest portrait sculptures titled ''Babuji'' – a head study of his father. A low ''chowki'' covered with an attractive red and blue ''Bokhara'' was kept under a window along the north wall of the room. On it rested a pair of [[Tabla|tablas]], a [[tanpura]] and a [[Pump organ|harmonium]]. Roy Choudhury was an admirer of [[Hindustani classical music]]. Even though he wasn’t formally trained in music, his perception towards it had enabled him to enjoy even the most complex subtleties of the ''[[Raga|ragas]]''.<ref name=":6" />

=== Wrestling ===
Roy Choudhury knew a fair bit about wrestling as he had learnt it from a wrestler when he was young. On the request of his students at the Madras School of Art, he agreed to teach them wrestling. An ''akhada'' (wrestling pit) was dug under the neem tree behind his studio at the school and he took care of all the expenses. Being a formidable wrestler, the students under his tutelage became more disciplined, learned some of the intricate details of the sport and its effectiveness toward achieving physical fitness.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Sushil |date=1 November 2009 |title=A bigger-than-life Devi Prosad (Part II) |volume=19 |work=[[Madras Musings]] |issue=14 |url=https://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2016/otherstories.html#story3 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
Roy Choudhury died on 15 October 1975 in Madras at the age of seventy-six.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabharwal |first=Gopa |url=https://archive.org/details/indiasince1947in0000sabh/ |title=India since 1947 - The Independent Years |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2007 |isbn=9780143102748 |edition=1st |location=New Delhi |pages=159 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury |url=https://www.astaguru.com/Past/PastDetails?productid=3404 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.astaguru.com}}</ref> He had his first solo exhibition in [[Kolkata]] in 1993 which was followed by several exhibitions in India, including Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata; [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], Mumbai; National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury |url=https://criticalcollective.in/CC_ArchiveInner.aspx?Aid=283 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=criticalcollective.in}}</ref>
[[File:Quit India Movement 1967 stamp.jpg|thumb|''Martyrs' Memorial'' on the 1967 postal stamp of India]]
His sculpture, the ''Triumph of Labour'' featured on an [[Postage stamps and postal history of India|Indian postage stamp]] to celebrate the 40th anniversary of [[International Labour Organization]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stamp: 40th Anniversary of International Labour Organization |url=https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/141766-40th_Anniversary_of_International_Labour_Organization-India |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Colnect |language=en}}</ref> The ''Martyrs’ Memorial'' also appeared on the Indian postal stamp to commemorate the [[silver jubilee]] of Quit India Movement in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ainy |date=2015-05-12 |title=Quit India Movement 1967 |url=https://istampgallery.com/quit-india-movement/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=istampgallery.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows]]
* [[Abanindranath Tagore]]
* [[Bengal School of Art]]
* [[Martyrs' Memorial Patna]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw8MqheNGq4 Memories of Devi Prasad] by [[K. G. Subramanyan]] on [[YouTube]]
* {{YouTube|id=1-nZ8jlo1IU|title=Triumph of Labour in NGMA Delhi complex|link=no}}
* {{Cite web |title=Artworks of Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury |url=https://www.invaluable.com/artist/roy-chowdhury-devi-prasad-rffuxqbuaa/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Invaluable}}

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