Jagdeo Prasad

Jagdeo Prasad (2 February 1922 – 5 September 1974) was a politician in Bihar, India.

Life

A member of the Koeri caste,[1] Jagdeo Prasad was referred to as the "Lenin of Bihar" due to his charisma.[2] He led the Shoshit Samaj Dal[3] and during the early 1970s, at the height of the caste tensions known as the Bihar Movement, he was able to attract much support from both members of the Other Backward Classes and the Dalits in their opposition to upper-caste landlords.[1]

Prasad was killed by police on 5 September 1974 while leading a protest involving 20,000 people. There have been claims that his death was ordered by a minister in the Government of Bihar who belonged to the Bhumihar landowning caste,[1] although police said that the protesters were not peaceful, as claimed, and instead were armed. Vinayak Prasad Yadav, then a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, resigned from the Legislative Assembly of Bihar in protest of this killing at Kurtha.[3]

References
  1. Kumar, Sanjay (2018). Post-Mandal Politics in Bihar: Changing Electoral Patterns. SAGE Publishing India. p. 39. ISBN 978-9-35280-587-7.
  2. Sinha, A. (2011). Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar. Viking. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3.
  3. Tiwari, Lalan (1987). Democracy and Dissent: A Case Study of the Bihar Movement, 1974-75. Mittal Publications. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-8-17099-008-6.

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