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Thursday, July 7, 2005

Seth badri Prasad Bajaj

Badri Prasad Bajaj was born in Hamirpur on April 1909. his father Jagannath Prasad Bajaj was  a landlord. He met with Mahatma Gandhi On Nagpur Congress Adhiweshan. Thus inspired with Gandhi he become patriot and started to wear Khadi . He established a group named 'Charkha' and started production of Khadi . In Banda and Hamirpur he bycott the foreign clothes and stuffs. For this he arrested in 1930 with Rani Rajendra  Kumari due to his strike against wine stocks. He had to bear six months in jail. He passes his punishment in Faijabad jail.
in 1932 his thoughts were changed , and he reached to Pratap Press which was head centre for agitators.Where he met with Chandr Shekhar Ajad in kanpur. He once aagain started to work for khadin 1936 which was continued till 1940.

He also faced the hard imprisonment of 12 months with the penalty of 200 rupees and he was watched carefully during quick India movement.(Samar Gatha)



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