| Name(s) |
GANESH SHANKAR (G.
S.) VIDYARTHI |
| Date of
Birth |
October 26, 1890
– Hathgaon, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Date of
Death |
March 25, 1931
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Journalist
and Freedom Fighter |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1913: While in Kanpur, he
started working as a crusading journalist and freedom
fighter. Here he founded his famous revolutionary weekly
'PRATAP', which identified itself with the cause of the
oppressed. Through this very magazine, he waged his famous
fights for the oppressed peasants of Rae Bareli, the workers
of the Kanpur mills and the downtrodden people of Indian
States. In the process of his fights, he had to face
numerous prosecutions, pay heavy fines and suffer five
prison sentences.
- 1920: He launched the daily
edition of PRATAP.
- 1929: He was elected the
President of the U.P. Congress Committee and was authorised
to lead the Satyagrah movement in U.P.
- 1930: He was arrested and
jailed.
- March 09, 1931: He was
released on this day as a consequence of the Gandhi-Irwin
Pact.
- March 1931: During an orgy
of communal rioting in Kanpur in March, 1931, Ganesh Shankar
Vidyarthi threw himself in the midst of furious mobs and
saved the life of thousands of innocent persons belonging to
both the Hindu and Muslim communities. In the process, he
was butchered to death.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the Founder-Editor of the Hindi Newspaper
‘PRATAP’.
- He also was a leader of the Indian National Congress and
an independence movement activist.
- Initially, he started as an agent of the revolutionary
journals, viz. Karmayogi and Swarajya. He also started soon
to contribute to these journals.
- He adopted the penname 'Vidyarthi' by
which he is popularly known.
- The Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical
College Kanpur is named in his remembrance.
- Phool Bagh is also called as Ganesh Vidyarthi Udyan.
- The Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Inter College (GSV Inter
College, Kanpur) is named after him.
- The Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Inter College (GSV Inter
College Hathgaon-Fatehpur) is also named in his remembrance.
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