Bhagwat Jha Azad
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 Bhagalpur, Bihar, India | (aged 88)
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.
Political career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Government of Bihar | Chief Ministers of Bihar State, India | biharJagran.com". biharjagran.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
- ^ Indian Parliament (1952-57): "Personalities"-Series 2 Authentic, ...by Trilochan Singh - 1954
- ^ a b "World News, Latest World News, Breaking News and Headlines Today". Hindustan Times. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- 1922 births
- 2011 deaths
- Chief ministers of Bihar
- Indian independence activists from Bihar
- India MPs 1962–1967
- India MPs 1967–1970
- India MPs 1971–1977
- India MPs 1980–1984
- India MPs 1984–1989
- Patna University alumni
- People from Bhagalpur
- Lok Sabha members from Bihar
- Indian National Congress politicians
- Chief ministers from Indian National Congress
- Prisoners and detainees of British India