Babu Jagdeo Prasad | |
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 Statue of Jagdeo Prasad near Jagdeo Path, Bir Chand Patel Path (Patna) | |
| Born | February 2, 1922 Kurhari, Jahanabad district, Bihar, India |
| Died | (aged 52) Kurtha, Jahanabad district, Bihar, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Patna University |
| Political party | Shoshit Samaj Dal |
| Movement | Bihar Movement |
| Parent(s) | Prayag Narayan Dangi (father) Raskali (mother) |
Babu Jagdeo Prasad (2 February 1922 – 5 September 1974), alternatively spelled as Jagdev Prasad and popularly known as Jagdev Babu,[1] was an Indian politician and a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly who served as Bihar's deputy chief minister[2] in 1968 for four days in the Satish Prasad Singh cabinet. A great socialist and a proponent of Arjak culture, he was the founder of Shoshit Dal (later Shoshit Samaj Dal) and was a staunch antagonist and critic of India's caste system. He was nicknamed as the "Lenin of Bihar".[3][4]
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