Shivpujan Rai
Born
Shivpujan Rai

(1913-03-01)1 March 1913
Sherpur, Ghazipur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died18 August 1942(1942-08-18) (aged 29)
Mohammadabad, Ghazipur, United Provinces, British India
Other namesDoctor Sahib
OccupationIndian independence activists
OrganizationIndian National Congress
Known forIndian Independence movement

Dr. Shivpujan Rai was an Indian independence activist. During the 1942 Quit India Movement, under Rai's leadership a group of independence fighters hoisted the tricolor flag of India at Mohammadabad Tehsil. In doing so Shivpujan Rai, Rishishewar Rai, Vans Narayan Rai, Ram Badan Upadhyay, Raj Narayan Rai, Narayan Rai, Vashishtha Narain Rai and Bans Narain Rai sacrificed their life for India's independence on 18 August 1942. All of them are known as Ashta Shaheed (Eight Martyrs) of Sherpur.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Biography

Early life

Dr. Shivpujan Rai was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family in the year of 1913 in Sherpur village of Ghazipur district.[9]

Life as independence activist

Shivpujan Rai was elected as General Secretary of District Congress Committee in 1942.[10]

Martyrdom at Mohammadabad

During Quit India movement Dr. Shivpujan Rai led a group of young independence activists to tehsil head quarter at Mohammadabad and tried to hoist tricolour at tehsil building. He was warned by armed British officers but Shivpujan Rai moved forward with tricolour in hand. Tehsildar fired on him with his service revolver but the young freedom fighter didn't stop. After receiving five bullets in the chest he fell down and sacrificed his life in a very young age of 29 years.[11]

Legacy

References

  1. ↑ "Freedom fighters of Ghazipur".
  2. ↑ Ghazipur District Records; Chopra; P.N.:Quit India Movement of 1942, published in the Journal of Indian History, Trivendrum, 1971.
  3. ↑ "The Indian Nation in 1942, Edited by Gyanendra Pandey, Digital Library of India".
  4. ↑ "शहीद, जिन्हें इतिहास ने भुलाया Sahara Samay".
  5. ↑ "संसद में छलका शेरपुर के लिए भरत सिंह का दर्द".
  6. ↑ "Sherpur: big sacrifice, short memory, A report by P. Sainath".
  7. ↑ Who's Who of Indian Martyrs VOL.I by P.N. Chopra. 1969. ISBN 9788123021805.
  8. ↑ "Special Covers on Martyrs".
  9. ↑ Ghazipur ke Ranbankurey, by Pradhyapak Achal, Bhasha Bharati Press, 1962, Varanasi
  10. ↑ Ghazipur District Records; Chopra; P.N.:Quit India Movement of 1942, published in the Journal of Indian History, Trivendrum, 1971.
  11. ↑ Who's Who of Indian Martyrs VOL.I by P.N. Chopra. 1969. ISBN 9788123021805.


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