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Bhojpuri region is the land of Ram and his Ramayan.
It is also land of Vishnu avatar Bhagwan Mahatma Buddha and Bhagawan
Mahaveer, who were born in this region much before the evolution of Hindi/Bhojpuri
and spread the messages of Peace, Non violence and Love to the mankind of whole
world and laid the foundation of two world religions Jainism and Buddhism, both
offshoot of Hinduism.
Later Shershah Suri from this region (also known as Sher khan
from Ara) challenged the might of Moghuls in Buxur
Battle, and became the Emperor of India. He is considered the greatest
Administrator of all the emperor of India and laid the foundation of unification
of whole India, which were later achieved by British rulers, by constructing the
Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Lahore.(now NH-2 & 1) and other
infrastructures. He also led the foundation of the modern city of Patna,
the capital of Bihar at the site of ancient Patliputra, the first
capital city of India.
The pioneer of first freedom struggle of India, Mangal Pandey belonged
to this region, an ordinary sepoy in British Army, challenged the might of
British ruler. Mangal Pandey ignited the spark of revolt which engulfed
the whole of north India. Later Veer Kunwar Singh from Ara joined this
struggle and taught a good lesson to the ruler. An eighty year old man, Veer
Kunwar Singh remained invincible and could not be captured by British. While
crossing the Ganges, he was shot in his left hand. As the saying goes, he cut
his arm and offered it to the River Ganga. Such was the his valour and Courage.
Later on this tradition of bravery culminated into patriotism of highest order
of Amar Shaheed Chadrasekhar Azad, who was born near Varanasi, spiritual
capital of India.
Dr Rajendra Prasad from Chapra, the first President of India was a
genius and never studied a book twice. He used to memorise whatever he read. He
broke all the records of all the school and colleges wherever he studied. Be it
Zila School Chapra or Presidency College Calcutta. He is the only student
in the history who has got this remark, ''Examinee is better than
Examiner". He was a great Gandhian and worked for the social cause.
Sri Chandrasekhar, Ex PM of India from Ballia, is a
great socialist leader and was known as young Turk of Indian Politics and
has selflessly devoted whole of his life for betterment of India & Indian
Politics. He along with Jai Prakash another bhojpuri challenged the
might congress rule and broght about a new era in Indian Polity of which all
other non-congress politicians of today were associates. The story
is endless ....... and the list is never ending .......
The Bhojpuri people are descendent of these great
people.
Bhojpuri
people have excelled in all walks of life in India as well as in their adopted
home. See following list of eminent people of this area.
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Social
Work / Politics |
Film |
Literature/Art/Music |
Jaiprakash Narain
(JP)
( The Greatest Politician after Mahatma Gandhi)
Head of States
Dr Rajendra Prasad
(First President of India), Chandrasekhar
VP Singh
(Ex PMs of India)
Bhagat Jagdeo
(President of Guyana)
Dr. Naveen Chandra Ram Goolam
(PM
of Mauritius)
Pratap Narain Radhakishun (PM of
Surinam)
Vasudeo Pandey
(PM of Trinidad)
Ex CMs - Bihar
Kedar Pandey, Bindeshwari Dubey, Chandrasekhar Singh, Mahamaya Babu,
Daroga Rai, Laloo Yadav
Ex CMs - UP
Sucheta Kripalani, Sampoornanand, Veer Bahadur Singh, VP Singh, Rajnath
Singh, Kailash Nath Tripathi etc.
Social Worker
Bindeshwari Pathak
who have bagged many international ward for his sanitation solution for
the populated India by devising cheap form of Shulabh International
Sanitation Technology for the poor masses. |
Amitabh Bachhan
Shatrughan Sinha
Shabana Azmi
Shekhar Suman
Manoj Bajpayee
Kaifi Azmi
Shailendra
Chitragupt
Anand Milind
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Sujit Kumar
Rakesh Pandey
Laxman Shahabadi
Nazir Hussain
Moti, BA
and many many more..
Dance and Ragas
Thumari & Kathak are
two priceless gift of this
region to the world.
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Kabirdas
Tulsidas
(Ancient Saints and Poets)
VS Naipaul
(from Tinidad) Wins Nobel Prize for
Literature for 2001
Premchand
Firaq Gorkhapur
(Raghupati Sahai)
Bhikhari Thakur
Kamta Prasad,
Shiv Pujan Sahai
Mahaveer Prasad-
Dwiwedi
Rahul-
Sanskrityayan
Kaifi Azmi
Ram Dayal Pandey
Bismillah Khan
Pt Ravishankar
and Many more
to be added.
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Indians
of the Century by Times of India
Jaya
Prakash Narayan
 Jaya
Prakash was born in a respectable middle-class Bihari kayasta
family. His childhood was unspectacular, but while studying in the
United States he came into contact with radical socialist thinking. On
his return to India he found himself drawn to Gandhi and his charismatic
disciple Jawaharlal Nehru. Jaya Prakash took inspiration from them and
plunged into the freedom movement.
But it was in 1974, at the unlikely age of 72, that JP
really became a mass leader. JP's `Total Revolution' borrowed from
Gandhi in that it envisaged a process of change, both in the individual
and in society, with moral values and decentralisation of economic and
political power being at its core.
The call for revolution was a turning point that ousted
Indira Gandhi from power and ushered in the first-ever non-Congress
government at the Centre. Students flocked to JP's side, among them
being Arun Jaitley and Laloo Prasad Yadav, as did men as varied as
Charan Singh and Morarji Desai, L.K. Advani and Nanaji Deshmukh. But for
JP, who became the focal point of all those opposed to the increasingly
authoritarian rule of Indira Gandhi, it is doubtful if the Janata Party
would have held together for as long as it did.
Laloo Prasad Yadav
*
 Laloo
Prasad Yadav is a symbol: of both the subversion and the impotence of
the system, of the fact that however low politicians sink, there will
always be someone who will sink lower in a bid to hold on to power.
Yet when he began, Laloo Yadav had some ideals and was
seen as the quintessential grassroots man. He seemed to want to end
corruption and make public servants accountable. There were raids upon
police stations, hospitals, the electric supply and public departments.
He punished, passed edicts, ate with the villagers and looked after his
cows.
He has a thorough grasp of political gamesmanship. In
making his wife Rabri Devi chief minister when pushed off the brink, he
can claim a difference of degree more than an absence of precedent; he
could point to the Nehru-Gandhis, the NTRs, the MGRs; also the
Bandarnaikes and the Bhuttos as examples of typical rule in the region.
* May
not be liked by many. But Laloo featured in the top 50 Times Century men
of India. This profile is taken from there.
Notable
Achievement
Moti,
BA : Recipient of First Bhojpuri Samman
By Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
Sri Moti a famous Bhojpuri
Lyricist, poets & writes has brought a great moment for Bhojpuri
people by his selfless contributions to Bhojpuri Literature for last 60 years.
He wrote songs for more than 60 films in 1960s.
Born in Barhaj Village of Devaria
(Dewaria) District of UP, 85 yrs Old Sri Moti has written & published more
than a dozen books in Bhojpuri Bhasha consisting of his lilting songs and
emotional poems. He is a inspiration for the new generation for economically
starved Bhojpuri regions and his achievements will light candles in many young
souls, who are rudderless although very talented.
The Govt of India has at
last started giving the due recognition to Bhojpuri Bhasha. The Sahitya
Academy, New Delhi has announced its Pratham Bhojpuri Samman to be
conferred to veteran Bhojpuri (Film) Songs & Poems writer Sri
Moti, BA. The Academy has honoured the sentiments of more 300 Millions
Bhojpuri People spread in all the nook & corners of this world. The honour
consists of a cash of Rs 40,000/= & a Scroll, it is to be given in the
month of August - 2002 by the President of India. A great Achievement indeed.
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