The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on 15 August 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram in presence of Premier of Bihar Shri Krishna Sinha and his deputy Anugrah Narayan Sinha . The sculptor Devi Prasad Roychoudhury built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.
Martyr's Memorial is now situated outside the Secretariat building in Patna.
Background/List engraved names on Martyr's Memorial
During the height of Quit India Movement in 1942, eminent Gandhian freedom fighter Shri Krishna Sinha and Dr. Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna, as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British. Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.
- Umakant Prasad Sinha (Raman Ji) – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Narendrapur, Saran
- Ramanand Singh – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar,(at present), Fazalchak Patna
- Satish Chandra Jha – Patna Collegiate School, class X, Kharhara, Banka
- Jagatpati Kumar – Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad
- Devipada Choudhry – Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur
- Rajendra Singh – Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran, Nayagaon, Bihar
- Ramgovind Singh – Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna
See also
- Quit India Movement
- D. P. Roy Chaudhury
- Patna
References
External links
- Official site of Patna
