Freedom fighters of Madhya Pradesh

Nathuram Sutrakar

He got the title of “Diwan”
In 1938, during Dodi-Fatehpur Satyagraha, British police lathi-charged them in which his companions were badly and was sentenced to two months of imprisonment.

Shaligram Shukla

Born in Balaghat
He was an ardent follower of Chandrashekhar Azad.
On 2 December 1930, when some of his co-revolutionaries, like Nandkishore Nigam, Surendra Pandey, Vishwanath Vaishampayan and others were going to take training in gun shooting under the guidance of Chandrashekhar Azad, they were ambushed.
In the ensuing encounter he lost his life in police firing.

Dada Dharmadhikari

Dada Dharmadhikari, also known as Shankar Tryambak Dharmadhikari was born in Multapi, Baitul
he actively participated in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested and sent to Nagpur Jail.
In 1942, he participated in the 'Quit India movement' along with his wife, who was arrested and

imprisoned in Wardha Center Jail.

Ganjan Singh Korku

Ganjan Singh Korku was one of the prominent leaders of this forest satyagraha during Civil disobedience Movement.
On 22nd August 1930, Ganjan Singh led a crowd of hundreds of Gond and Korku people armed with axes and lathis to the reserved forests. They broke the law by entering the forest.

Maulana Barkatullah

He was born in Bhopal.
In February 1904 he left for Japan, where he was appointed as a professor of Hindi literature at the University of Tokyo.
He started a journal named ‘Islamic fraternity’
joined the Gadar Party, and was appointed as its vice president.
After his great work at the Gadar party, he went to Germany in 1914 where he started the
“Indian council for Independence” along with his fellow revolutionaries like Har Dayal and Champakaraman Pillai.
Then he went to Turkey seeking support and met the president of Turkey Anwar Pasha. After his meeting, Turkey extended support to his council in the armed struggle.
he and his comrades declared independence for India on 2 October 1915 and formed the Government of India with Raja Mahendra Pratap, as its President and Barkatullah Bhopali as the Prime Minister.
In 1988, Bhopal University was renamed Barkatullah University in his honour.

Narendra Kumar Vidyarthi

Viyogi Hari

Hindi writer and journalist born in the Chhatarpur.
He became a close associate of Gandhi ji
In the 1920s, Viyogi established a school for the marginalised communities at Panna and started a periodical Patit Bandhu from Jabalpur
He was an active member of the ‘Harijan Sewak Sangh’ and was the founding editor of the journal Harijan Sewak.
Poem: Maharana Pratap and Deshdroh

Kunwar Hira Singh

The All India States People’s Conference held in Bombay in 1927, led towards the creation of the Lok Parishad and Praja Mandals in various Princely States of India.
Chhatarpur Praja Mandal was formed, with Kunwar Hira Singh as its President.

Deshpat

He was born in Chahtrpur
In 1851, Regent Rani of Chhatarpur (Regent of minor king Jaghat Ram) had conspired with him and foiled the attempts taken by the British to arrest him.
He was provided with resources that were used in the attack on Charkhari in 1857, where he fought alongside Tantia Tope.

Gopal Singh Thakur

He was born in Damoh
In 1930, he joined the Jungle Satyagraha to oppose British rule. He was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment by the Damoh judge.
Participate in Quit India Movement

Born in Balaghat
He was an ardent follower of Chandrashekhar Azad. On 2 December 1930, when some of his co-revolutionaries, like Nandkishore Nigam, Surendra Pandey, Vishwanath Vaishampayan and others were going to take training in gun shooting under the guidance of Chandrashekhar Azad, they were ambushed. In the ensuing encounter he lost his life in police firing.

Dada Dharmadhikari

Dada Dharmadhikari, also known as Shankar Tryambak Dharmadhikar was born in Multapi, Baitul
he actively participated in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested and sent to Nagpur Jail.
In 1942, he participated in the 'Quit India movement' along with his wife, who was arrested and imprisoned in Wardha Center Jail.

Ganjan Singh Korku

Ganjan Singh Korku was one of the prominent leaders of this forest satyagraha during Civil disobedience Movement.
On 22nd August 1930, Ganjan Singh led a crowd of hundreds of Gond and Korku people armed with axes and lathis to the reserved forests. They broke the law by entering the forest.

Maulana Barkatullah

He was born in Bhopal.
In February 1904 he left for Japan, where he was appointed as a professor of Hindi literature at the University of Tokyo.
He started a journal named ‘Islamic fraternity’
joined the Gadar Party, and was appointed as its vice president.
After his great work at the Gadar party, he went to Germany in 1914 where he started the
“Indian council for Independence” along with his fellow revolutionaries like Har Dayal and Champakaraman Pillai.
Then he went to Turkey seeking support and met the president of Turkey Anwar Pasha. After his meeting, Turkey extended support to his council in the armed struggle.
he and his comrades declared independence for India on 2 October 1915 and formed the Government of India with Raja Mahendra Pratap, as its President and Barkatullah Bhopali as the Prime Minister.
In 1988, Bhopal University was renamed Barkatullah University in his honour.

Narendra Kumar Vidyarthi

Viyogi Hari

Hindi writer and journalist born in the Chhatarpur.
He became a close associate of Gandhi ji
In the 1920s, Viyogi established a school for the marginalised communities at Panna and started a periodical Patit Bandhu from Jabalpur
He was an active member of the ‘Harijan Sewak Sangh’ and was the founding editor of the journal Harijan Sewak.
Poem: Maharana Pratap and Deshdroh

Kunwar Hira Singh

The All India States People’s Conference held in Bombay in 1927, led towards the creation of the Lok Parishad and Praja Mandals in various Princely States of India.
Chhatarpur Praja Mandal was formed, with Kunwar Hira Singh as its President.

Deshpat

He was born in Chahtrpur
In 1851, Regent Rani of Chhatarpur (Regent of minor king Jaghat Ram) had conspired with him and foiled the attempts taken by the British to arrest him.
He was provided with resources that were used in the attack on Charkhari in 1857, where he fought alongside Tantia Tope.

Gopal Singh Thakur

He was born in Damoh
In 1930, he joined the Jungle Satyagraha to oppose British rule. He was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment by the Damoh judge.
Participate in Quit India Movement

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