Chabilal Upadhyaya

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Chabilal Upadhyaya
Born(1882-05-12)12 May 1882
Budhigang (Undivided Darrang) now in Biswanath district, Assam [1]
Died24 January 1980(1980-01-24) (aged 97)
Mazgaon (Gangmouthan)
Nationality Indian
Other namesChabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu
OccupationPolitical leader of Assam
Political party Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
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Chabilal Upadhyaya [1] (12 May 1882 - 24 January 1980), was the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee. [2] In 1919 Upadhyaya's family settled at Mazgaon (Gangmouthan), Behali Tehsil in present day Biswanath district of Assam. [3]

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Political contributions

Chabilal Upadhyaya, [4] popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the Assam Association was merged with Indian National Congress to form Assam Pradesh Congress Committee . [5] He became the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee. [6] He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the Non-Cooperation movement under Gandhiji's leadership.

Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division. [7] Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of All India Gorkha League .[ citation needed ]

Now, Government of Assam announced that an engineering college [8] will be established in Behali, Assam [9] which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ↑ Upreti, Mohan (July 2020). "BABU CHABILAL UPADHYAYA AND INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE :1920-47". Dissertation: 10.
  4. ↑ Chabilal Upadhyaya. Good Books Distributors Publishers. 2020.
  5. ↑ History Book Of Class 10. Guwahati: Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Limited. 2015. p. 66.
  6. ↑ "16". Baichitramai Assam (in Hindi). Guwahati: Assam RashtraBhasa Prachar Samiti. 2018. p. 88.
  7. ↑ "Chabilal Upadhyaya M. E. School was ..." Archived from the original on 2020-10-16.
  8. ↑ "New engineering college to be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya". Time8 .
  9. ↑ "Engineering college will be named after him". East Mojo . 15 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27.
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