Sunday, September 12, 2010

Seven Martyr's sacrificed lives in the Quit India movement



The Martyr's Memorial is a life-size statue of seven brave young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement(August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building.Britisher's kept firing on them until they died. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on August 15, 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram. The sculptor Mr. Deviprasad Roychoudhry built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.

Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.

* Umakant Prasad Sinha - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary,class IX
* Ramanand Singh - Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX
* Satish Prasad Jha - Patna Collegiate School, class X
* Jagatpati Kumar - Bihar National College, 2nd year
* Devipada Choudhry - Miller High English School, class IX
* Rajendra Singh - Patna High English School, matric class
* Ramgovind Singh - Punpun High English School, matric class IX

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