Bhagwat Jha Azad | |
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18th Chief Minister of Bihar | |
In office 14 February 1988 – 10 March 1989 | |
Preceded by | Bindeshwari Dubey |
Succeeded by | Satyendra Narayan Sinha |
Personal details | |
Born | Godda,Bihar and Orissa Province,British India | 28 November 1922
Died | 4 October 2011 88) Bhagalpur,Bihar,India | (aged
Bhagwat Jha Azad was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He served as Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989. [1] [2] He was at various times a member of parliament and a member of the Bihar state legislature.
Azad was a 20-year-old college student when he took part in a demonstration as part of the Quit India Movement in 1942. He was hit by a bullet in his leg,which incident made him famous in the press. After this,there was no going back for the young man,and a glittering political career was born. Later,Azad was also arrested several times by the British. [3]
Independence came in 1947,exactly five years after the Quit India Movement,and Azad was advantageously poised to make a career in politics. He was part of an influential cohort of politicians from Bihar who gained prominence on the national stage during the post-independence stage,known as the "Young Turks." He was a contemporary of Bindeshwari Dubey,Abdul Gafoor,Chandrashekhar Singh,Satyendra Narayan Sinha and Kedar Pandey (all future chief ministers of Bihar);and of Sitaram Kesri,future national president of Indian National Congress.[ citation needed ]
Azad represented Bhagalpur constituency in the Lok Sabha for five terms. [4] He was elected to the third,fourth,fifth,seventh and eighth Lok Sabha. He served as a Union minister of state from 1967 to 1983 in the ministries of agriculture,education,labour and employment,supply and rehabilitation,civil aviation and food and civil supplies. He was a veteran Congressman,and Chief Minister of Bihar between 14 February 1988 and 10 March 1989. [4]
Well known cricketer Kirti Azad and ex IPS officer Yashovardhan Azad are his sons.
Bhagwat Jha Azad died in 2011 aged 89. He had been ailing for several years.[ citation needed ]
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