| Laxman Jha | |
| Native Name: | लक्ष्मण झा |
| Native Name Lang: | mai |
| Other Names: | Lakhan Jha |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Rasiari Village, Darbhanga district, Mithila region, Bihar |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Education: | PhD |
| Occupation: | Freedom fighter, activist, professor andaAuthor |
| Movement: | India Freedom Movement and Mithila State Movement |
Laxman Jha (Maithili: लक्ष्मण झा) was a freedom fighter in the freedom movement of India from the Mithila region. He was also a pioneer activist in the separate Mithila state movement.[1] [2]
Laxman Jha was born on 5 September 1916 at Rasiari village of Darbhanga district in the Mithila region of Bihar.[3] He was born in a Maithil Brahmin family. His father name was Kari Jha and mother was Kirti Devi.
He completed his primary education in his own village. Later he was admitted in Madhepur High School. His passed his secondary school examination in 1937 AD with first class. He was admitted in T N J college at Bhagalpur for intermediate courses. In 1939, he passed intermediate examination. In 1941, he completed graduation education in Sanskrit honours from Patna College. He was awarded gold medal for his outstanding performance in the result of the examination.[4]
Laxman Jha started taking part in the freedom movement of India from age 11. Similarly he demonstrated against the Simon Commission and participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement during 1930–31 at the age of 15. In 1942, when Rajendra Prasad was arrested by British India government, Laxman Jha was made the General Secretary of the Bihar State Movement Committee to lead the August Revolution. Under his leadership, after the incident of hoisting the flag on the Secretariat and the death of seven students in police firing, the whole of Bihar jumped into the August Revolution. He joined Bharat Chhodo movement for the freedom of India from the British rule.
In 1952, Laxman Jha gave a new form to the Mithila-Maithili movement. He started a big movement for a separate Mithila state in India. Later he devoted and started working for Mithila-Maithili movement only. During the reorganization of states, he started a movement for a separate Mithila state.