Chabilal Upadhyaya
Chabilal Upadhyaya (छबिलाल उपाध्याय) | |
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Died | 24 January 1980 | (aged 97)
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Chabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu. |
Occupation | Political leader of Assam |
Political party | Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
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Chabilal Upadhyaya was born on 12 May 1882 at Budhigang (Undivided Darrang) was the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee.
Political contributions
Chabilal Upadhyaya, popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the Assam Association was merged with Indian National Congress to form Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He became the first (selected) president of the Assam Pradesh Congress committee. He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the Non-Cooperation movement under Gandhiji's leadership.
Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division. Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of All India Gorkha League.
Now, Government of Assam announced that an engineering college will be established in Behali, Assam which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.