THE GREATEST MASS LEADER EVER : JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN
THE GREATEST MASS LEADER EVER : Shri Jaiprakash Narayan was born on October 11,1902 in Sitabdiara Village of Chhapra district in Bihar. He was the son of Shri Harsood Lai and Smt. Phool Rani. When Narayan was 9 years old he left his village to enroll in 7th class of the collegiate school at Patna. While in school, Jayaprakash read magazines like Saraswati, Prabha and Pratap, books like Bharat- Bharati, and poems by Maithilsharan Gupta and Bharatendu Harishchandra which described the courage and valour of the Rajput kings. Jayaprakash also read the Bhagwad Gita. His essay, “The present state of Hindi in Bihar” won a best essay award.He excelled in school and by 1918 completed school and undertook the ‘State Public Matriculation Examination’ and won a District merit scholarship to Patna college. In 1922 he went to San-Francisco where he did hi...