Samastipur - Important Personalities

Important Personalities

Samastipur is the birthplace of many famous Kisan leader and freedom fighter like shri Satya narayan sinha &Pandit Yamuna Karjee. He was a resident of Pusa, Samastipur and was associated with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in the Kisan Movement during the freedom struggle.Shri Satya narayan sinha was accommodated by Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru in his first cabinet and also served as Governor. There were several other well-known leaders from Samastipur district who had occupied ministerial post in the Government of India after the independence. Among them Karpuri Thakur & Syed Shahnawaz Hussain rose to become the Chief Minister of Bihar & central minister respectively . 'Padmashri' Sharda Sinha 'Bihar Kokila' (singer) is also from samastipur.

Revolutionary freedom fighter Prafulla Chaki, while fleeing from Muzzafarpur, after killing two British ladies on account of mistaken identity was identified by the Police at Samastipur Railway Station. In the ensuing melee, Chaki shot himself dead.

On the literary front, Samastipur is the birthplace of famous Hindi novelist Devaki Nandan Khatri, born at Malinagar and author of famous series Chandrakanta and Chandrakanta Santati. Samastipur has also been the birthplace of Udayanacharya, a Maithil Brahmin and great philosopher of ancient times who was born at Kariyan village.

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