Essay on Jayaprakash Narayan
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Jayaprakash Narayan was born in the Bihar hamlet of Saibdiorta on October 11, 1902. He came from a typical Kaistha household. He returned to India after finishing his studies in America and was influenced by Gandhiji.
He was in Congress for an extended period and was imprisoned several times. However, he eventually created the Socialist Organization of India, a special party.
He didn’t join the Congress after India gained independence in 1947. Pandit Jawahar Lal, India’s first Prime Minister, hoped he could include him in his cabinet, but he wanted to stay aloof.
For several years, he was involved in the Bhoodan Movement, which was founded by Vinoba Bhave, and worked with him to supply land to the landless. He was an enormous success in his mission, persuading the Chambal Valley’s dacoits to surrender. He returned to politics in 1974 as a result of political corruption and raised his voice in support of the entire Revolution. He had a large following.
Jayaprakash Narayan had no desire to be a minister. He may need easily been India’s Prime Minister. As a result, he was never shut far away from the remainder of the population. He worked for and lived among the people. He was the people of India’s Uncrowned King. For an extended period, Jayaprakash Narayan had renal problems. He was not alive.
Written By Mahima
Jayaprakash Narayan(1902- 1979) is also known as JP and Lok Nayak . He was an exponent of Indian socialism. He was born on 11th October, 1902 in Bihar . His father, Harsu Dayal was a junior official in Canal Department.
He completed school in 1918. He won a district merit scholarship to Patna College. For his higher studies, he moved to the United States in 1922.
In 1929 ,he returned to India and joined the Indian National Congress. He was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi , he played a great role in Indian independence. He was also imprisoned in 1932 for participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement. After his release, he founded Congress Socialist Party with other leaders in 1934. He was its General secretary . He started underground movement during Quit India movement and arrested in 1943. And finally released in 1946.
In 1948 , he left congress socialist party. And became the member of Praja Socialist Party in 1952.
After lost interest in Party Politics and devoted himself to Sarvodaya Movement that was based on Gandhi’s philosophy led by Vinoba Bhave. He joined Bhoodan movement is also called Land Gift movement. It attempted to persuade wealthy landowners to voluntarily give a percentage of their land to landless people. It attempted to persuade wealthy landowners to voluntarily give a percentage of their land to landless people.
He again showed interest in politics. In 1959 he argued for ‘reconstruction of Indian Polity’ by means of four tier hierarchy of village, district, state and union councils.
On 5 June 1974, JP in his famous speech at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, demanded ‘Total Revolution’. He put forward the idea of Sampoorna Kranti or Total Revolution to bring fundamental changes in the electoral , administrative, economic, social, political, and educational system of the country. Total Revolution is as follows –
1. Social Revolution
2. Economic Revolution
3. Political Revolution
4. Cultural Revolution
5. Ideological and Intellectual Revolution
6. Educational Revolution
7. Spiritual Revolution
He gave the model of Partyless Democracy based on Sarvodaya. He was awarded with Magsaysay Award for public service in 1965 and Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, in 1999 in recognition of his social work.
His famous work-
1. Nation Building in India
2. Prison Diary, 1975 which was published in 1977.
3. India: Struggle for Freedom, Political, Social and Economic seeks to understand the complexities of Swaraj.
4. Towards Total Revolution: India and her Problems published in 1978.
His quote – “My Interest is not in the capture of power but in the control of power by the people”.
Written By Arifa
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