Bihar Movement

Bihar Movement
Date18 March 1974 (1974-03-18) – 25 June 1975 (1975-06-25) (emergency)
Location
Bihar, India
Caused byCorruption in public life
GoalsDissolution of Bihar legislative assembly
MethodsProtest march, street protest, riot, hunger strike, strike
Resulted inDid not succeed, emergency imposed
Parties

Bihar Sikshak Sangharsh Samiti

Bihar Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti
Lead figures

The Bihar movement, also known as the JP movement, was a political movement initiated by students in the Indian state of Bihar against misrule and corruption in the state government. in 1974. It was led by the veteran Gandhian socialist Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP. The movement later turned against Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government in the central government.[1][2] It was also referred to as Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution Movement).[3]

  1. ^ Krishna, Ananth V. (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 117. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. ^ Dhar, P. N. (2000). Excerpted from 'Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy' published in Business Standard. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564899-7. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ Tiwari, Lalan (1 December 1987). Democracy and Dissent: (a Case Study of the Bihar Movement – 1974-75). Mittal Publications. p. 260. ISBN 978-81-7099-008-6. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018.