Chabilal Upadhyaya

Chabilal Upadhyaya (छबिलाल उपाध्याय)
Born(1882-05-12)12 May 1882
Budhigang (Undivided Darrang) now in Biswanath district, Assam
Died24 January 1980(1980-01-24) (aged 97)
NationalityIndian
Other namesChabilal Upadhyaya, Chabilal Babu.
OccupationPolitical leader of Assam
Political partyAssam Pradesh Congress Committee
Parents
  • Late Kashinath Upadhyaya (Ghimire) (father)
  • Late Bishnumaya Devi (mother)

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.

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