Chabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu.
Indian
Political leader of Assam
Chabilal Upadhyaya[1] was born on 12 May 1882 at Budhigang (Undivided Darrang)[1] was the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[2]
Political contributions
Chabilal Upadhyaya,[3] popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the Assam Association was merged with Indian National Congress to form Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.[4] He became the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.[5] He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the Non-Cooperation movement under Gandhiji's leadership.
Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division.[6] Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of All India Gorkha League.[7]
Now, Government of Assam announced that an engineering college[8] will be established in Behali, Assam[9] which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali:छबिलाल उपाध्याय) Indian Gorkha freedom fighter. Indian Gorkhas. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ Chabilal Upadhyaya{{#if:|, }. Good Books Distributors Publishers(2020)
- ↑ History Book Of Class 10{{#if:|, }. Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Limited(2015)
- ↑ Baichitramai Assam{{#if:|, }. Assam RashtraBhasa Prachar Samiti(2018)
- ↑ Chabilal Upadhyaya M. E. School was ........
- ↑ Assamese Gorkha In The Indian Freedom Movement: An Overview, Sarmah, Parag Jyoti. Youth Ki Awaaz(2018-04-01). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ New engineering college to be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya. Time8.
- ↑ Engineering college will be named after him. East Mojo.