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When the Nav Nirman movement resulted in the forced resignation of the Gujarat government, student protests had already begun in Bihar. Unlike the Nav Nirman movement, political student outfits like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) connected with the Jana Sangh, Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha (SYS) connected with Samajwadi Party, and Lok Dal took an active role in the JP movement.
Prasad was a member of the Dangi, [5] subcaste of the Koeri caste, [6] and was referred to as the "Lenin of Bihar" due to his charisma. [7] He led the Shoshit Samaj Dal [8] and during the early 1970s, at the height of the caste tensions known as the Bihar Movement, he was able to attract much support from both members of the Other Backward Classes and the Dalits in their opposition to upper ...
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India and is considered a historically important rebellion in the Indian independence movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar in the Indian subcontinent, during the British colonial period.
Authorities have arrested over 3000 protesters as of 17 December 2019, [71] and some news outlets have described these protests as riots. [113] Protesters say that the Act violates Clause 5 and Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam Accord. [114] Critics have stated that the amendment Act is unconstitutional.
18 March – Bihar Movement started as a movement by students in Bihar led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, against misrule and corruption in the Government of Bihar. 25 March – Gaura Devi and 27 women confronted loggers in Chamoli district in connection with Chipko movement.
In 1974, Narayan led the student's movement in Bihar, which gradually developed into the popular Bihar Movement, during which JP called for a peaceful "Total Revolution". He and V. M. Tarkunde founded the Citizens for Democracy in 1974 and the People's Union for Civil Liberties in 1976 to uphold and defend civil liberties.
Ramakrishna Dalmia, a businessman from Bihar, established a cement factory in Kallakudi and the place was renamed Dalmiapuram on his request. DMK opposed the move as a suppression of South Indians by North India. It was the first notable demonstration by M Karunanidhi, the five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and his party, the DMK. The DMK ...
[4] [5] Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar. [6] It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split. [7] The party has socialist leanings; at one point, it wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in ...