Chabilal Upadhyaya Explained

Chabilal Upadhyaya
Birth Date:1882 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Budhigang (Undivided Darrang) now in Biswanath district, Assam
Death Place:Mazgaon (Gangmouthan)
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Political leader of Assam
Other Names:Chabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu
Party:Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

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]

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.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali:छबिलाल उपाध्याय) Indian Gorkha freedom fighter. 2021-06-07. Indian Gorkhas.
  2. Web site: The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood. 2021-06-07. timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  3. Upreti . Mohan . July 2020 . BABU CHABILAL UPADHYAYA AND INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE :1920-47 . Dissertation . 10.
  4. Book: Chabilal Upadhyaya. Good Books Distributors Publishers. 2020.
  5. Book: History Book Of Class 10. Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Limited. 2015. Guwahati. 66.
  6. Book: Baichitramai Assam. Assam RashtraBhasa Prachar Samiti. 2018. Guwahati. 88. Hindi. 16.
  7. Web site: Chabilal Upadhyaya M. E. School was ........ live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201016174015/https://sites.google.com/site/chabilalupadhyaymeschool/faculties/home/about-us . 2020-10-16 .
  8. News: New engineering college to be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya. Time8.