Today in this article we are going to tell you about the martyr of Patna Secretariat firing (August 11, 1942).
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Martyrs of Patna Secretariat Firing (August 11, 1942)
| martyr | resident |
| Umakant Prasad Sinha aka Raman ji | Narendrapur, Saran |
| Ramanand Singh | Saadat Nagar (Present Dhanrua) Patna |
| Satish Prasad Jha | Khad Hara, Bhagalpur |
| Jagpati Kumar | Kharati (Abora Police Station), Aurangabad |
| Devipad Choudhary | Sylhet, Jamalpur |
| Rajendra Singh | Banwari Chak, Saran |
| Ram Govind Singh | Dasaratha, Patna |
There was a complete strike in Patna on 12 August 1942 in protest against this firing incident. In the evening of the same day, a resolution was passed under the chairmanship of Jagat Narayan Lal in the meeting held at Congress Maidan in Kadamkuan (Patna) to stop the communication facilities and make the government work loose. As a result, a wave of violent agitation started in the whole of Bihar.
The socialists of Bihar made a significant contribution to this movement under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan. He took refuge in Hanuman Nagar of those who escaped from Hazirabagh Jail. Under the leadership of Jayaprakash, a center was organized in Nepal to educate the revolutionary youth about guerrilla warfare. Azad Squad was formed in Nepal itself.
In March-April 1943, the first training camp of independence was formed in Rajvilas forest of Nepal, in which 25 youths of Bihar were educated to operate firearms under the direction of Sardar Nityanand Singh. The prominent socialists who participated in the program of Azad Squad with Jayaprakash were- Ram Manohar Lohia, Aruna Asaf Ali, Achyut Patwardhan, Yogendra Shukla, Ramanand Mishra, Suraj Narayan Singh, Sitaram Singh, Ganga Sharan Singh etc.
This independent squad remained active till the end of 1943. But it got lax due to the arrest of Ram Manohar Lohia officials by the Government of Nepal. Jayaprakash Narayan was active in underground activities during this period and he also tried to contact the Azad Hind government of Subhas Chandra Bose, although this was not possible.
In the course of the 1942 movement, examples of partisan and police repression came to the fore. Phulena Prasad Srivastava fell victim to police bullets while trying to hoist the national flag at Siwan police station. Jaglal Chaudhary burnt down the police station in Saran. A separate government was formed in Champaran.
Kulanand Vaidik in Darbhanga and Karpoori Thakur in Singhwara stalled the communication system. The police station near Muzaffarpur was burnt while Shyam Bihari Lal was killed while trying to hoist the flag at Kurtha police station in Gaya. Dhruv Kumar was shot by the police while trying to put up the flag at the Katihar police station.
Kapil Muni was shot by the police as a result of a similar attempt in Dumrao. The tribals of Chota Nagpur region and especially the Tana Bhagat agitators also challenged the British power in their area. Revolutionary governments were organized at many places in the areas of Palamu, Hazaribagh, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, and Darbhanga.
Panchayats and defense forces began to be established in the village and, being nationalistic, virtually parallel government was established. In the Quit India Movement, more than 15,000 people were taken prisoner in Bihar. 8,783 were sentenced, 134 people were killed and 326 were injured, forcing the government to change its stand. The political process was restored in 1945 and re-elections were held after the end of the war.