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'''Jaglal Choudhary''' (5 February 1895 – 1975)<ref name="reocities">{{cite web|title=Great Leaders : Social and Political|url=http://reocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of Bihar State Functions|url=http://www.brandbihar.com/english/Bihar_State_Functions.html|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref> was an [[Indian independence activist]], [[dalit]] leader and politician from [[Bihar]], [[India]]. He was also a reformer who championed the causes of [[women's rights]], emancipation of dalits, education and [[Land reform in India|land reforms in Bihar]].<ref name="reocities" /><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Jaglal was born in the [[Garkha]] village of [[Saran district]] in Bihar to Mushan Choudhary, a [[Palm wine|Toddy]] seller of the [[Pasi (caste)|Pasi caste]]. He was educated at the Chapra Zilla School, [[Patna College]] and the [[Medical College Calcutta]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}<br />
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== Freedom fighter ==<br />
Choudhary discontinued his medical education and joined the [[Non Cooperation Movement]] in 1921 heeding Gandhi's call. He became a member of the District Congress Committee and was arrested for his participation in the [[Salt Satyagraha]]. In 1941 he was arrested and jailed for taking part in the [[Individual Satyagraha]] and in 1942 at the height of the [[Quit India Movement]] he led a [[satyagraha]] and captured the [[police station]] and [[post office]] at Garkha. For this he was arrested and sentenced to five years imprisonment. One of Choudhary's sons was shot dead by the police during the movement. From 23 August 1942 until his release on 30 March 1946 Choudhary remained in prison.<br />
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== Parliamentarian ==<br />
Jaglal was first elected to the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] in 1937 as a Congress candidate and he went on to become the fourth Minister, incharge of [[Public health|Public Health]] and [[Excise]] in the Congress Ministry headed by Premier S K Singh.During his tenure as minister for excise Choudhary introduced [[prohibition]] in several districts of Bihar. He was reelected to the Assembly again in 1946 and became Minister for [[Public health|Public Health]] and [[Harijan]] Welfare in the second Congress ministry. Following independence, he successfully contested the General elections of 1952 and was subsequently reelected to the Assembly in the elections of 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1969 from the [[Garkha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Garkha reserved constituency]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}<br />
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== Reformer ==<br />
Choudhary was an advocate of social reform in Bihar. During his term as excise minister, he introduced prohibition in Bihar. He was opposed to the [[caste system]] and advocated [[land reforms]] in Bihar calling for a land ceiling of three acres per family. In 1953 he wrote ''A Plan to Reconstruct Bharat''.<ref>{{cite book|last=R K|first=Kshirsagar|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857–1956|year=1994|publisher=MD Publications|location=New Delhi|page=196|isbn=9788185880433}}</ref><br />
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== Death and commemoration ==<br />
Jaglal Choudhary died in 1975. The Jaglal Choudhary College in [[Chhapra|Chapra]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=JAI PRAKASH UNIVERSITY, CHAPRA|url=http://jpv.bih.nic.in/university/History.htm|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref> A [[commemorative postage stamp]] on Jaglal Choudhary was released the [[India Post|Department of Posts]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theme stamps mark this year's Independence Day |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000912/fpe10007.html |accessdate=11 February 2013 |newspaper=The Financial Express |date=12 September 2000 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929203859/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000912/fpe10007.html |archivedate=29 September 2013 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Saran district]]<br />
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