| Name(s) |
GOVIND BALLABH PANT |
| Date of
Birth |
September 10, 1887 |
| Date of
Death |
March 07, 1961 |
|
Identity |
Indian Statesman
and independence activist |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1921: He entered politics
and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the United
Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
- 1930: He was arrested and
imprisoned for several weeks for organizing a Salt March
inspired by Gandhi's earlier actions.
- 1933: He was arrested along
with Harsh Dev Bahuguna (Gandhi of Choukot) and imprisoned
for seven months for attending a session of the then-banned
provincial Congress.
- July 17, 1937: Became the
Chief Minister of the United Provinces.
- November 02, 1939: Last day of
his office of the Chief Minister of the United Provinces.
- 1940: Pant was arrested and
imprisoned for helping organize the Satyagraha movement.
- 1942: He was arrested
again, this time for signing the Quit India resolution, and
spent three years in Ahmednagar Fort along with other
members of the Congress working committee until March 1945,
at which point Jawaharlal Nehru pleaded successfully for
Pant's release, on grounds of failing health.
- January 26, 1950: Became
the 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- December 27, 1954: Last day
of his office of the 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
- January 10, 1955: He became
the Union Home Minister of India.
- January 26, 1957: He was
decorated with BHARAT RATNA Award.
- March 07, 1961: Last day of
his office of the Union Home Minister of India.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was one of the foremost political leaders from
Uttarakhand (then in United Provinces).
- He triggered the movement to establish Hindi as the
official language of India.
- During the Second World War, Pant acted as the
tiebreaker between Gandhi's faction, which advocated
supporting the British Crown in their war effort, and Subash
Chandra Bose's faction, which advocated taking advantage of
the situation to expel the British Raj by any means
necessary.
- As Home minister, his chief achievement was the
re-organisation of States along linguistic lines.
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Commemoration |
- Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad.
- Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar.
- Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Pauri Garhwal,
Uttarakhand.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Delhi.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Technology (G.B Pant
Polytechnic), New Delhi.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Children Hospital, Srinagar.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan
Environment and Development, Almora, Uttarakhand.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is an Artificial lake at
Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Memorial Government Post
Graduate College, Shimla.
- Government Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic, Mohan
Road, Lucknow.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Agartala, Tripura.
- Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Port Blair, Andaman
Nicobar Islands.
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