Ramarshi Dev Trivedi
Ramarshi Deo Trivedi (1905–76) a son of "Prithvi Dutt Trivedi" (a landlord )from Mamarkha(now in Govindganj),left his school for the freedom movement. At 11 years of age in 1917,He was the private secretary of Gandhiji (for ten days) during his visit to champaran. He was nicknamed as "RISHIJI"- "RUKHIJI"-'a squirrel',as called by British because they could not catch him, he would flee away after executing his task successfully during the freedom struggle.
He was a very close friend of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, who used address him as "Rishiji". A special task force was formed by the Britishers to arrest. He was later arrested by the Special Task Force. He was sentenced 58 years of KALA-PANI imprisonment but spent only 8.5 years in jail during the national freedom movement because India got freedom from British rule before his departure to Andaman & Nicobar islands.
Post independence he established an "Aashram" and ran Khadi Gramodyog (a small Khadi industry) where Vinoba Bhave and other eminent freedom-fighters very often used to visit and spent their time. He donated all his property for Bhoodan Movement carried by Vinoba Bhave and refused to take pensioner pass (A pass given to all national freedom fighter) because he believed that he had not participated in the freedom struggle for personal gain.
Rishi ji was one of the most renowned freedom fighters of Bihar. He was a very close associate of Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Vinoba Bhave, who addressed him as 'Rishi ji'. He was also known as Badshah as he established a parallel government in Champaran which was known as Badshah ki Sarkar. A special task force was formed by the Britishers to arrest him. He was arrested in 1942 and was sentenced 58 years of imprisonment. He was released in 1947, after independence, and later he spent his days with his wife "Kunti Devi" (she is also a freedom fighter), in his Ashram in Mamarkha ( Malaahi )where he ran a Khadi Gramudyog (A small industry). He donated all his property for land reform movement "Bhoodan Movement" carried by Vinoba Bhave and refused to take pensioner pass (A pass given to all national freedom fighter) because he believed that he had not participated in the freedom struggle for personal gain. Rishi ji died 21july , 1976.Now his family are lived at Areraj , Motihari,Bihar.