Ganesh shanker vidyarthi

biography

1. राष्ट्र महलों में नहीं रहता। प्रकृत राष्ट्र के निवास-स्‍थल वे अगणित झोंपड़े हैं, जो गाँवों और पुरवों में फैले हुए खुले आकाश के देदीप्‍यमान सूर्य और शीतल चन्‍द्र और तारागण से प्रकृति का संदेश लेते हैं और इसीलिए राष्ट्र का मंगल और उसकी जड़ मजबूत उस समय तक नहीं हो सकती, जब तक इन अगणित लहलहाते पौधों की जड़ों में जीवन का मजबूती का जल नहीं सींचा जाता। - राष्ट्र की नींव गणेशशंकर विद्यार्थी BY- PANKAJ KALRA

2. EARLY LIFE Ganesh Shankar was born in a Hindu  Kayasth  family at Hathgaon . His father Jai Narain , was a teacher in a middle school namely Anglo Vernacular School in Mungaoli (MP) He was poor but a deeply religious Hindu and dedicated to high ideals. Under him Ganesh Shankar received his early schooling and passed the high school examination privately in 1907 after studying in  Mungaoli  and  Vidisha He could not study further due to poverty

3. He became a clerk in the currency office and later a teacher in high school in Kanpur. At age 16, he also wrote his first book ‘ हमारी आत्मोसर्गता’ and wed his wife Chandraprakashwati Vidyarthi on 4 June 1909. He came early under the influence of the nationalist upsurge, which was taking place in the country. He became an agent of the well-known revolutionary Hindi and Urdu journals – Karamyogi and Swarajya and also began to contribute to them. He adopted the pen-name ' Vidyarthi ' – the seeker of knowledge . Pt. Mahabir Prasad Dwiwedi , the doyen of Hindi journalism offered him the job of a sub-editor in his famous literary monthly, "The Saraswati ", in 1911. However he was interested in current affairs and politics and therefore joined the Hindi weekly " Abhyudaya " as a political journalist of the time. In 1913 Ganesh Shankar came back to Kanpur and launched his career of a crusading journalist and freedom fighter He founded ' Pratap ' , his famous revolutionary weekly, which identified itself with the cause of the oppressed  He waged his fights for the oppressed peasants of Rae Bareli, the workers of the Kanpur mills and the downtrodden people of Indian states. During the course of these fights he had to face numerous prosecutions, pay heavy fines and suffer five prison sentences. CAREER

4. 11 January 1915, he said the following quote “Now the time has come for our political ideology and our movement no be restricted to the English-educated and to spread among the common people” He first met Gandhi in 1916 in Lucknow and joined the national movement. He took a leading part in the Home Rule Movement of 1917–18 Led the first strike of textile workers in Kanpur. In 1920 he launched the daily edition of ’ Pratap ’   In 1920 he was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment for championing the cause of peasants of Rae Bareli. In 1922 he was again sent to jail , for delivering a "seditious" speech as the President of the Provincial Political Conference at Fatehgarh . In 1924, he met and protested along with  Bhagat Singh & Chandra Shekhar Azad Singh . In 1925, Ganesh Shankar decided to contest elections of Provincial Legislative Councils and organised the Swaraj Party. He won a resounding victory and served as a Member of the U.P. Legislative Council until 1929 In 1928, he founded the Mazdur Sabha and led it until his death in 1931.  In 1929 he was elected the President of the U.P. Congress Committee and was appointed to lead the Satyagrah movement in U.P. He was arrested and sent to jail again. He was released on 9 March 1931 under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. While he was about to proceed to Karachi to attend the Congress Session, Kanpur fell into an orgy of communal rioting, was on this mission of mercy that he was butchered to death by rioting mob. POLITICAL LEADER

5. He was a supporter of the Hindi language and attended the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan conference in 1930 in Gorakhpur and in March 1930 at Shraddhanand Park in New Delhi In 1913 Ganesh Shankar came back to Kanpur and launched ‘ Pratap ’ his famous revolutionary weekly and continued as editor till 1931 ( untill his death) 18 years (1931). He founded ' Pratap ', his famous revolutionary weekly He has written Memoirs,Essays,stories,Diaries apart from his journalism and political contributions. Contd... CONTRIBUTION’S

6. Stories Memoir हाथी की फाँसी - जेल-जीवन की झलक Letters Essay’s अग्रज के नाम - अभ्युदय पर विपत्ति पत्‍नी के नाम - प्रताप’ की नीति बड़ी पुत्री के नाम - अदालत के सामने लिखित बयान माँ के नाम - अनुताप की महिमा - अरण्य-रोदन - आत्मोत्सर्ग - आत्मोत्सर्ग - उन्हें न भूलना - आर्थिक प्रश्न : संपत्तिवाद का विकास CONTRIBUTION’S

7. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi on a 1962 stamp of India Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar  is given to renowned journalists by honourable President of India every year since 1989. The Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM)Medical College Kanpur is named in his remembrance. Ganesh Chowk , a square is named after him in the heart of the city of Gorakhpur. Phool Bagh , earlier Queen's Park in Kanpur is also called as  Ganesh Vidyarthi Udyan . The Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Inter College (GSVIC) GSV Inter College Kanpur is named in his remembrance. The Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Inter College (GSV) Inter College Hathgaon-Fatehpur )is named in his remembrance. Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Smarak Inter College (GSVS) Inter College Maharajganj , UP) is named after his remembrance. On 18 July 2017, the Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Kanpur Airport as Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Airport to pay respect to his contribution for the independence of India. LEGACY