Shaheed Smarak Patna

The Martyrs' Memorial, also known as Shaheed Smarak, is a life-size statue of seven young men who died in the Quit India movement (August 1942), to hoist the national flag on the (now) Secretariat building. The foundation stone of Martyr's Memorial was laid on 15 August 1947, by the governor of Bihar, Mr. Jairam Das Daulatram in presence of Premier of Bihar Shri Krishna Sinha and his deputy Anugrah Narayan Sinha . The sculptor Devi Prasad Roychoudhury built the bronze statue of the seven students with the national flag. These statues were cast in Italy and later placed here.^[1]

Shaheed Smarak
India
Martyrs' Memorial in Patna
Used for those deceased
Established	15 August 1947
Location	25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E near  Patna, Bihar, India
Designed by	Deviprasad Roychoudhury
Commemorated	Seven brave young men
Burials by nation
India
Burials by war
Quit India Movement
To the Seven brave young men who sacrificed their lives in the Quit India movement, while attempting to hoist the national flag.
Statistics source: Official site of Patna

Martyr's Memorial is now situated outside the Secretariat building in Patna.^[2]

History

Martyr's Memorial on a 1967 stamp of India

During the height of Quit India Movement^[3] in 1942, eminent Gandhian freedom fighter Shri Krishna Sinha and Dr. Anugrah Narain was arrested while he was trying to unfurl the national flag in Patna, as a strong reaction, a group of seven young students decided to forcefully unfurl the national flag in Patna and were mercilessly shot dead by the British.

Following are the martyrs, whose names are engraved on Martyr's Memorial.

• Umakant Prasad Sinha (Raman Ji) – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Narendrapur, Saran

  

  Martyr Umakant Prasad Sinha

• Ramanand Singh – Ram Mohan Roy Seminary, class IX, Sahadat Nagar,(at present), Fazalchak Patna

  

  Martyr Ramanand Singh

• Satish Chandra Jha – Patna Collegiate School, class X, Kharhara, Banka
• Jagatpati Kumar – Bihar National College, 2nd year, Kharati, Aurangabad

  

  Martyr Jagatpati Kumar

• Devipada Choudhry – Miller High English School, class IX, Silhat, Jamalpur

  

  Martyr Devipada Choudhary

• Rajendra Singh – Patna High English School, matric class, Banwari Chak, Saran, Nayagaon, Bihar

  

  Martyr Rajendra Singh

• Ramgovind Singh – Punpun High English School, matric class IX, Dasharatha, Patna

  

  Martyr Ramgovind Singh

See also

• 1857 Shaheed Smarak Ambala
• Quit India Movement